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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ann fear about Loomis?
(a) He might be getting delirious again.
(b) He will start trying to boss her around.
(c) He will want to get married.
(d) He will leave.

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

3. What does Ann observe as she sits in her cave at night?
(a) The cows had returned to the barn.
(b) The visitor had built a fire in the yard.
(c) There might be more than one visitor.
(d) The person seems young.

4. What was the most noticeable thing about the man after he walks back to his cart?
(a) He was very old.
(b) He was heavily tanned.
(c) He has sores all over his face.
(d) He was very pale.

5. Where has Ann been on the morning of the opening of the book?
(a) Church.
(b) In the hayloft.
(c) The doctor's office.
(d) School.

6. Why does Ann begin recording the events of her day?
(a) She cannot remember the details otherwise.
(b) Her father appoints her as the historian.
(c) Her mother asks her to do so just before her mother dies.
(d) Her teacher at school suggests it is a good thing to do.

7. What does Loomis' boss' invention do?
(a) Eats radiation.
(b) Detects a special type of radiation.
(c) Absorbs radiation.
(d) Repels radiation.

8. In addition to the suit, what does Loomis' group create that enables Loomis to survive a search for survivors?
(a) A fillter to cleanse water of radiation.
(b) A filter to make water usuable.
(c) An invisible dome to keep fallout off his cart and supplies.
(d) Nothing.

9. What is Loomis' main health problem at this time?
(a) Sore muscles.
(b) Swollen lymph glands.
(c) Anemia.
(d) Skin lesions.

10. After four days, what does Loomis' temperature mean?
(a) He is pretty much cured.
(b) He has the worse form of radiation.
(c) He will get sicker, but will most likely survive.
(d) He is still in the interim period.

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

12. Why does Ann decide to keep the man in sight for the first two or more?
(a) To decide whether to kill him or not.
(b) To figure out a way to incapacitate him.
(c) To learn of his habits.
(d) To see if he discovers anything about her.

13. What does Loomis think the Creek water could do?
(a) Pollute the pond.
(b) Generate electricity.
(c) Eventually become harmless.
(d) Keep trespassers away.

14. How does Loomis get there from where he started?
(a) Car until he ran out of gas.
(b) Walking.
(c) Horseback until the horse dies.
(d) Bicycle.

15. What is Ann's first impulse when the man yells for anyone?
(a) To get up to the cave.
(b) To shoot him.
(c) To send Faro down to him.
(d) To answer him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dr. Kylmer?

2. What does Ann decide she will do after cooking breakfast?

3. What does Ann think about in a flashback to right after the war?

4. How does Ann know what she states in the opening sentence?

5. What does Loomis say about the night the bombs fall?

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