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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 military uniform.
(b) Coveralls.
(c) A business suit.
(d) A strange plastic suit.

2. How long are Ann's parents and brother gone when they go out?
(a) Several days.
(b) A month.
(c) They never return.
(d) Just a few hours.

3. How long was the war?
(a) A day.
(b) They do not know.
(c) A week.
(d) A couple months.

4. About what does Ann tell Loomis?
(a) Her family.
(b) Her cellar with lots of canned goods.
(c) Her secret diary.
(d) Her radio that is still working.

5. What does Ann decide to do about safety?
(a) She will rig up an alram system.
(b) She won't swim alone.
(c) She will hide from whoever is coming towards the valley.
(d) She will hide all the guns in the cave.

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

7. Where is the man?
(a) Gathering eggs.
(b) In his tent unconscious.
(c) Gone.
(d) Swimming in the pond.

8. How does Ann know what she states in the opening sentence?
(a) Someone has been shooting a rifle.
(b) She sees smoke.
(c) The dog herds the cows home who kick at Ann.
(d) They heard the news on the radio.

9. How does Ann spend much of the next day?
(a) Gathering the chickens.
(b) Plowing fields with the tractor.
(c) Planting greens.
(d) Bringing the cows to the front pasture.

10. About how far is Claypole Ridge?
(a) 15 miles.
(b) Over 50 miles away.
(c) 32 miles.
(d) 2 miles.

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

12. What does Faro point to in the field?
(a) A dove.
(b) A quail.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A grouse.

13. What does Ann decide she will do after cooking breakfast?
(a) Practice the piano.
(b) Go to the store.
(c) Write in her journal.
(d) Go fishing.

14. What does the man do at Burden Creek?
(a) Takes a bath.
(b) Checks for radiation.
(c) Puts a chemical in the water.
(d) Takes some soil samples of the creek bed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ann think Faro will do?

2. Since it is June, what is urgent that Ann do?

3. Why does Ann go down to the farm yard with her gun?

4. What does the man set up in the front yard?

5. What does Loomis' boss' invention do?

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