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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ann think about Loomis and Edward?
(a) Edward tried to kill Loomis.
(b) Loomis was emotionally devastated by Edward's death by radiation.
(c) Loomis and Edward fought over a woman.
(d) Something bad happened between them.

2. How high is Loomis' fever in Chapter 11?
(a) Too high for the thermometer to record.
(b) It has gone down two degrees.
(c) It is holding at 103.
(d) It has dropped to normal.

3. What does Ann do for Mr. Loomis?
(a) Gives him antibiotics.
(b) Shaves him.
(c) Puts him in a cool tub of water.
(d) Puts him in bed.

4. What does Ann realize about why Loomis shoots her?
(a) He does not know how to use a rifle.
(b) That he is mean.
(c) He wanted to incapacitate her only so she would need him.
(d) He shoot her to kill her or he would have used his smaller caliber rifle.

5. What is Mr. Loomis designing as he recovers?
(a) A windmill.
(b) A generator.
(c) A weather balloon.
(d) A sewage plant.

6. Where does Ann go the next morning after Loomis was delirious?
(a) To the garden to keep busy and not worry.
(b) To the store.
(c) To sleep.
(d) Back to church.

7. What does Loomis do with Faro?
(a) Tracks Ann.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Plays ball with him.
(d) Teaches him tricks.

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

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

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

11. How does Ann treat her bullet wound?
(a) Uses betadine and clean bandages.
(b) She does not do anything as the bullet barely scratches her.
(c) Uses alcohol and bandages.
(d) Washes it in the pond.

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

13. Why does Ann change her approach to the farm?
(a) Loomis is watching for her.
(b) She wants some variety in her life.
(c) The blackberry thickets have grown in her usual path.
(d) Her usual path has eroded in the last heavy rain.

14. How long had the system between Ann and Loomis worked out alright?
(a) A couple months.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 10 days.
(d) 3 weeks.

15. What does Ann think about going to get in Ogdentown?
(a) Books.
(b) More seed.
(c) Clothes.
(d) More tools.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Loomis search for Ann?

2. What does Ann do since Loomis seems better?

3. What is wrong with Loomis at the opening of Chapter 10?

4. What does Ann decide to haul with the tractor?

5. What does Mr. Loomis call the table set for dinner by his bedside?

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