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1. Background Characters Plot Plot Plot $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

2. The Cold War was fought between which two countries? Category 1: $100: A

3. United States and the Soviet Union Category 1: $100: Q

4. What is Communism? Category 1: $200: A

5. A classless society in which all property is owned by the community as a whole and where all people enjoy an equal social and economic status. Category 1: $200: Q

6. What is a pseudonym? Category 1: $300: A

7. A fake name/Pen name Category 1: $300: Q

8. What is a post apocalyptic novel? Category 1: $400: A

9. A novel set after a major catastrophe Category 1: $400: Q

10. What two countries did have bloody wars that were caused, in part, by the Cold War? Category 1: $500: A

11. Vietnam and Korea Category 1: $500: Q

12. What is the name of Mark’s wife and two children? Category 2: $100: A

13. Helen, Peyton and Ben Franklin Category 2: $100: Q

14. How do the Highwaymen get Dan Gunn’s attention and get him to pull over? Category 2: $200: A

15. “Injured” woman on the side of the road holding her ankle Category 2: $200: Q

16. Name 3 of the 4 members of the Henry family. Category 2: $300: A

17. Preacher, Missouri, Two Tone, Malachai Category 2: $300: Q

18. Who brought the radioactive jewelry into Fort Repose? Category 2: $400: A

19. Porky Logan Category 2: $400: Q

20. Why does Randy eventually take control of the town? Category 2: $500: A

21. He is a reserve officer and the current mayor is barricaded in his home Category 2: $500: Q

22. What does Alas, Babylon mean? Category 3: $100: A

23. Destruction, war Category 3: $100: Q

24. Who owns the short wave radio and why is this radio so special? Category 3: $200: A

25. Admiral Hazzard, They can hear military signals/messages Category 3: $200: Q

26. Why is salt so important after the power goes off? Category 3: $300: A

27. It can preserve the meat Category 3: $300: Q

28. Who dies in the shootout with the Highwaymen and how is this ambush carried out? Category 3: $400: A

29. Malachai They drill holes into the sides and back of a grocery truck Category 3: $400: Q

30. How does Malachai react to Randy’s news about the upcoming attacks? Category 3: $500: A

31. He isn’t suprised Category 3: $500: Q

32. Who is Peewee?? Category 4: $100: A

33. The Navy pilot that accidentally blew up a Soviet train. Category 4: $100: Q

34. Explain the following quote: “Thanks for the 95 seconds” Category 4: $200: A

35. Mark saved 95 seconds by calling the President before the attacks start to release the weapons. Category 4: $200: Q

36. How does Randy know how far away the third bomb hits and who gets blinded by this bomb? Category 4: $300: A

37. He times it according to when he sees the flash and when he hears the boom Peyton Category 4: $300: Q

38. Give me an example from chapter 5 of people doing whatever they can to survive. Category 4: $400: A

39. Woman clawing at Dan’s medicine bag, people looting the dead woman’s possessions Category 4: $400: Q

40. Explain why Edgar commits suicide. Category 4: $500: A

41. For him, a world that did not value money was not a world he wanted to be a part of. Category 4: $500: Q

42. What was the Manhattan Project? Category 5: $100: A

43. Nuclear bomb testing and research during WWII Category 5: $100: Q

44. The fact that the paper leaflets at the end of the book are being used as money reveals what? Category 5: $200: A

45. Life is getting back to normal Category 5: $200: Q

46. Explain what the following quote reveals about Randy in chapter 5: “He touched nothing.” Category 5: $300: A

47. He is maintaining his morals and values, even though the world around him is falling apart. Category 5: $300: Q

48. True or false: The U.S. won the war against the communists but Mark died in the attack on Omaha Category 5: $400: A

49. True Category 5: $400: Q

50. Explain how Randy evolves as a character throughout the novel Category 5: $500: A