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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 had the team just completed before the war?
(a) A suit of the polymer.
(b) A suit made of kevlar.
(c) A suit made of a silk like material that the amoeba creates.
(d) A suit of the special metal.

2. What does Ann do to the chickens before hiding out?
(a) Chases them out of their fenced in area.
(b) Kills them.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Puts them in small wire cages and takes them to the cave.

3. What does the man do at Burden Creek?
(a) Puts a chemical in the water.
(b) Takes some soil samples of the creek bed.
(c) Checks for radiation.
(d) Takes a bath.

4. What did Loomis' boss invent?
(a) An amoeba.
(b) A polymer.
(c) A new kind of Geiger counter.
(d) A new kind of metal.

5. Why does Ann go down to the farm yard with her gun?
(a) To get Faro.
(b) To confront the man.
(c) To steal some eggs.
(d) To check on the man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What inspires Ann to make a salad?

2. Where is Loomis from?

3. What does the man notice in Burden Creek?

4. What does the man do after using the Geiger counter?

5. How does Loomis get there from where he started?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ann hear Loomis saying in his dreams and what does Ann think about what she hears?

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

3. What does Loomis say he was developing before the war?

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

5. Why concerns Ann about the approaching stranger?

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

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

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

9. What does the man do with his Geiger counter and then what terrible error does he make?

10. Why is the man there?

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