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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ann count at Mr. Loomis' bedside?
(a) The number of times he mentions Edward's name.
(b) His respiration.
(c) The number of times he relives some horror.
(d) His heart beats.

2. What is something Ann worries about concerning the winter?
(a) Getting in the winter crops.
(b) Nothing; she figures she'll be back in the house by then.
(c) Firewood.
(d) Shelter.

3. What does Ann do with Loomis' gun?
(a) Throws it in the creek.
(b) Hides it in the attic.
(c) Takes it from Loomis.
(d) Hides it in the hayloft.

4. What career was Ann thinking of before the war?
(a) Engineer.
(b) Vet.
(c) Computer programmer.
(d) Teaching.

5. Where does Ann move?
(a) To the attic bedroom.
(b) To her cave.
(c) To the Klein's house.
(d) No where.

6. With what does Ann fertilize the garden?
(a) The chemical fertilizer from the feed store.
(b) Manure.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A mixture of manure and chemical fertilizer from the feed store.

7. What does Ann feed Loomis that he is able to swallow?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Custard.
(c) Yogurt.
(d) Ice Cream.

8. What supports Ann's theory about Loomis and Edward?
(a) A letter Ann finds addressed to Edward.
(b) Patched holes in the radiation suit.
(c) A letter Ann finds addressed to Edward's wife from Loomis.
(d) A letter Ann finds from Loomis describing his feelings about Edward's death.

9. What does Loomis demand about dinner?
(a) That she set the table the same way as she did for her birthday.
(b) That he sit at the kitchen table.
(c) That she serve him.
(d) Nothing.

10. What does Ann worry about concerning the tomatoes?
(a) The beetles are eating a lot of them.
(b) They need special fertilizer.
(c) How to get them canned when she is not living at the house.
(d) They are stunted and she wonders if it's radiation.

11. What does Ann wonder about as far as her conflict with Loomis?
(a) If he would be open to a compromise.
(b) If he might kill her.
(c) If he would start sleeping in his tent again.
(d) If he would leave the valley.

12. Where does Ann go in the dark?
(a) Up in her tree house.
(b) To the basement.
(c) To the Klein's house.
(d) To the store for supplies.

13. Why does Ann decide to kill one of the older hens?
(a) To celebrate her birthday.
(b) Some new chicks have been born.
(c) Because it is no longer producing.
(d) To show Loomis how to kill and pluck one.

14. What does Ann give Loomis?
(a) A picture of New York.
(b) A walking cane.
(c) A pair of her father's boots.
(d) A pair of her father's pajamas.

15. What does Loomis tell Ann he heard while delirious?
(a) Gunshots.
(b) An owl hooting.
(c) Her playing the piano.
(d) Whispers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ann find when she goes to pray?

2. What does Ann do in response to her belief about Loomis and Edward?

3. Why does Ann go to the farm the morning after Loomis searched for Ann in the store apartment?

4. How long had the system between Ann and Loomis worked out alright?

5. To what does Ann liken Loomis when he opens his eyes?

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