Life As We Knew IT
This is to replace the AR test if you cannot take it
- 1.Mom took Miranda and Jonny out of school because she wanted to—
- A.
Be safe from the armed students
- B.
Be near her when the volcanoes erupted
- C.
Help her move Mrs. Nesbitt to their house
- D.
Fill wagons at the supermarket
- 2.What made Miranda begin to wonder if Mom thought everyone was going to die?
- A.
She asked Dad how to obtain things on the black market
- B.
She traded her wedding ring for food
- C.
She did not care about Miranda’s math grade
- D.
She no longer cared about Peter’s feelings
- 3.After Miranda stood in line for food, Mom was upset because Miranda had—
- A.
Refused to lie about her family to get a second bag of food
- B.
Risked getting no food by leaving her place in line to get Dan
- C.
Flirted with several boys while she waited in line
- D.
Allowed Mrs. Nesbitt to give away a bag of food
- 4.Why was Sammi leaving town with a forty-year-old George?
- A.
She was in love with him and wanted to be his wife
- B.
He would take her to get much-needed medical supplies
- C.
He could provide her with protection and a chance to live
- D.
He had promised to help her find her mother and father
- 5.Megan sacrificed her friendship with Miranda to—
- A.
Keep Miranda from catching her sickness
- B.
Devote her time to working as a medical volunteer
- C.
Prove how much she loved God
- D.
Prevent Miranda from having to choose between saving friends and family
- 6.Miranda felt like a “selfish pig” right after she—
- A.
Ate the chocolate chips Mom was saving for Matt’s birthday
- B.
Used Mrs. Nesbitt’s journals to start a fire in the woodstove
- C.
Used the last of the water to shampoo her hair
- D.
Put on two pairs of thermal underwear instead of giving one to Mom
- 7.Why did Mrs. Nesbitt think it was better that Miranda, not Mom, visit her?
- A.
Mom couldn’t sit quietly the way Miranda could
- B.
She didn’t want Mom to find her dead
- C.
Miranda would not try to talk her into leaving town
- D.
She knew Miranda would play chess with her
- 8.Matt, Jon and Miranda learned to cross-country ski so they could—
- A.
Get help in an emergency
- B.
Ransack houses
- C.
Escape from bands of thieves
- D.
Hunt for animals
- 9.After her family recovered from the flu, why did Miranda go into town?
- A.
To post a notice on the town bulletin board
- B.
To find Matt and tell him he should come home
- C.
To take her remaining medicine to Peter
- D.
To die and give Jonny a better chance of surviving
- 10.When she went to City Hall, what did Miranda learn from the men there?
- A.
They had a letter from her father to give her
- B.
She was not safe in the city
- C.
They were the only ones left alive
- D.
She was entitled to bags of food
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