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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what was Ann correct, much to Loomis' dismay?
(a) The garden being about as big as she could handle.
(b) The radiation levels in the Creek.
(c) The gas pumps being inoperative.
(d) The tractor being unrepairable.

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

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

4. When Ann's father returns from scouting the first time he went out, what does he report finding?
(a) Some areas still have a few people.
(b) He never returned from his scouting expedition.
(c) Lots of dead bodies.
(d) Only a few have died around a 50 mile radius of their place.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ann use to gather greens?

2. Where does her parents say they are going first in their explorations?

3. What does Loomis' boss' invention do?

4. What is Ann's first impulse when the man yells for anyone?

5. What does the visitor do when he first arrives over a hill and sees the green valley?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the situation in the valley about the water supply?

2. Explain why Ann is alone in the valley.

3. Who is the stranger and what was his job before the war?

4. What happens that convinces Ann that the man knows nothing about farm life and what is her response?

5. How does Ann get the tractor running and what planting decision does she make?

6. What does Ann decide to do as the stranger draws closer?

7. What does Ann daydream about as she is picking salad greens?

8. How does Mr. Loomis seem later that evening, and what does Ann give him?

9. Why doesn't Ann think the arriving stranger is in a car and what does she think about what he is bringing?

10. What does Ann worry about when she discovers that Faro has returned?

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