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

2. What is Loomis' main health problem at this time?
(a) Skin lesions.
(b) Sore muscles.
(c) Swollen lymph glands.
(d) Anemia.

3. Who returns to the valley?
(a) The Kleins.
(b) No one.
(c) David.
(d) Faro.

4. How many people has Loomis met on his journey?
(a) Less than a dozen.
(b) Several thousand.
(c) None besides Ann.
(d) Two others besides Ann.

5. What did the man lay on top of his cart?
(a) Another Geiger counter.
(b) An oxygen tank.
(c) A gun.
(d) A dog biscuit.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why doesn't Ann use the tractor?

3. How long was the war?

4. For what does Ann really long?

5. What bothers Ann about the man and her chickens?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why is the man there?

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

9. How does Ann describe the newly-arrived stranger?

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

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