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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ann count at Mr. Loomis' bedside?

2. Why does Ann go to the farm the morning after Loomis searched for Ann in the store apartment?

3. What makes Ann think about Edward all of a sudden?

4. What does Ann do with what she finds?

5. Where is Mr. Loomis later in the evening?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Mr. Loomis at the opening to Chapter 10?

2. Why does Mr. Loomis use the tractor to go to the store?

3. What does Mr. Loomis say he remembers while delirious?

4. What do Loomis and Ann discuss concerning the fertilizer?

5. How is Mr. Loomis using Faro?

6. What does Ann observe the next day as she is watching the house and what does she think about?

7. Why does Ann think she can return to the fields to work and why does Loomis yell at her?

8. Where does Ann go in Chapter 12 and what does she find and do?

9. What do Ann and Mr. Loomis argue about concerning the crops?

10. Why does Ann decide to ask Mr. Loomis questions and what happens as a result?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ann rises early and collects greens to make a salad with. As she picks, Ann imagines what it would be like to marry Mr. Loomis. The idea makes Ann happy because she likes the idea of having children of her own. Discuss the following:

1. Do you think it is sane to be thinking about bringing children into a world such as the one in which Ann now lives? Why or why not?

2. In many apocalyptic novels, women are forced to bear children in order to continue the human race. Do you think it is right to force all women of childbearing age to have children regardless of their own personal desires in a situation such as Ann's?

3. Why do you think that most apocalyptic novels have as one of their premises that it is important that the human race survive? Do you agree with this premise? Explain your answer.

4. Assuming there are other areas of the world where humans are unharmed and the environment is radiation free, then does it seem less important that the few people of the United States that may have survived bear children? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. Do you think Ann is wise to leave the valley? Do you think the implication is that her dream of teaching children is prophetic and that she will find others? Why or why not?

2. Would you have chosen the same route as Ann, i.e., leaving the valley. Why or why not?

3. How well do you think Ann will survive journeying out into a dangerous world?

4. Do you think Mr. Loomis redeems himself by pointing Ann in a likely direction to begin her journey? Give an in depth response.

Essay Topic 3

Ann watches the progress of the stranger and begins to worry that it might be someone who means her harm. Ann decides to hide all evidence of her existence by burying her garden and releasing her animals, then climbing up to a cave in the hills over her valley. Discuss the following:

1. Does it seem likely a fifteen-year-old girl would retreat from what is likely the only other human being in her surroundings for miles?

2. If you were Ann, would you adopt the same procedure to observe the person from afar for awhile? Do you think it would occur to you to do this?

3. How likely is it that the approaching human would harm another human who may be his/her only way to interact with someone else?

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