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

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

3. What set of reading material does Ann give Loomis?
(a) The Farmer's Mechanic.
(b) The Farmer's Almanacs from the last twenty-five years.
(c) A stack of Mother Earth magazines.
(d) A couple carpentry books.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens when Ann asks him about the person in question 63?

3. Why does Ann begin recording the events of her day?

4. About whom does Ann ask Loomis?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the man there?

2. Why does Ann think someone is coming to her valley?

3. Explain why Ann is alone in the valley.

4. What does the man in the suit do when he finally arrives at Ann's house?

5. Why concerns Ann about the approaching stranger?

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

7. How does Ann become inspired to make a salad?

8. How does Loomis manage to survive on his long journey walking from New York?

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

10. Why is the valley special?

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