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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the man wearing who arrives in Ann's sight?
(a) A strange plastic suit.
(b) A business suit.
(c) Coveralls.
(d) A military uniform.

2. What would Ann like to have in a church if she ever got married?
(a) Water lilies.
(b) Apple blossoms.
(c) Wild flowers.
(d) Daisies.

3. For what does Ann really long?
(a) Fresh salad and greens.
(b) Her best friend.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her mother.

4. What does the man do at the pond?
(a) Goes fishing.
(b) Bathes.
(c) Takes a reading with some kind of instrument.
(d) Puts a chemical in the water.

5. What inspires Ann to make a salad?
(a) Seeing an add in a magazine.
(b) Loomis talks about his salad garden.
(c) A dream about her mother.
(d) A dream about a rabbit.

6. What had the team just completed before the war?
(a) A suit of the polymer.
(b) A suit of the special metal.
(c) A suit made of a silk like material that the amoeba creates.
(d) A suit made of kevlar.

7. What does Ann decide she should do?
(a) Cook better meals since there was another person to feed.
(b) Bring Faro in the house.
(c) Live in the cave.
(d) Live in the tent.

8. What was John Loomis' occupation?
(a) Chemist.
(b) Physician.
(c) Reporter.
(d) Physicist.

9. Who goes with Ann to gather the greens?
(a) Faro.
(b) A barn cat.
(c) The young bull.
(d) Loomis.

10. What seems to puzzle the man after he goes inside Ann's home?
(a) There is fresh food in the cabinets.
(b) Faro isn't barking at the man.
(c) No one is there.
(d) There are green plants in the sunroom.

11. Why does Ann decide to hide from a visitor?
(a) She has no decent clothes.
(b) She decides there are worse things than being alone.
(c) She wants to surprise them.
(d) She does not want to scare the person.

12. What does Ann see when she goes and looks out of the boundaries of her valley?
(a) A valley about 40 miles away that has signs of life.
(b) Smoke in three different directions.
(c) Lots of animals but no people.
(d) Everything is dead.

13. About whom does Ann ask Loomis?
(a) His son.
(b) Walter.
(c) His wife.
(d) Edward.

14. For what is Loomis searching?
(a) His young son and daughter.
(b) His parents.
(c) His wife.
(d) Survivors.

15. What intrigues the man as he is making breakfast?
(a) The sounds of a chicken and cow.
(b) The sound of a squirrel chattering.
(c) The sound of a dog barking.
(d) Smoke coming from across the valley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Ann use the tractor?

2. Why doesn't Loomis go with Ann?

3. What bothers Ann about the man and her chickens?

4. How does Ann feel about the man being there as she gets ready to sleep that night?

5. About what does Ann tell Loomis?

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