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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 Ann see when she goes and looks out of the boundaries of her valley?
(a) Everything is dead.
(b) Lots of animals but no people.
(c) Smoke in three different directions.
(d) A valley about 40 miles away that has signs of life.

2. What does the man notice in Burden Creek?
(a) Some turtles.
(b) Lots of algae.
(c) A lack of animal life in the creek.
(d) Large mouth bass.

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

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

5. What did Ann and her brother realize about Burden Creek?
(a) It's flow changed.
(b) It is poisoned.
(c) It is good water.
(d) It could be use to generate electricity.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people has Loomis met on his journey?

2. What does Loomis say about the night the bombs fall?

3. What does Loomis think the Creek water could do?

4. For what does Ann really long?

5. What did the man lay on top of his cart?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ann decide to go down to the farm yard and what does she discover?

2. What does Ann decide to do to make cooking easier in the house?

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

4. Why is Mr. Loomis at Burden Creek when Ann returns from picking greens, and how does he think the Creek can be used?

5. Explain why Ann is alone in the valley.

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

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

8. What does the man say possibly happened to Ann's family?

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

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

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