1. Level Test

2.  Foreshadowing – hints that something will happen later on  “Insulin requires refrigeration” – Dan Gunn mentions in Ch. 3, and then the electricity will go out at the end of Ch. 6.  Metaphor – a comparison between two unlike things not using the words like or as  Mark says that Helen “is my right arm.” He is comparing her to an essential part of himself.  “Alice, tiny, drab in black and gray, an active, angry sparrow of a woman, arrived late.”  Simile – a comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as  "Her eyes, which reflected her moods as the river reflected the sky, were gray and opaque."  "The air is like soup and the people are like noodles."  Allusion – reference to a famous person, place, historical event, or literary work  “the Good Samaritan” reference to the Bible – Randy stops to help the woman on the side of the road (she is already dead).  Riverside Inn residents compared to first-class Titanic passengers  Theme – life lesson or message being taught

3.  Randy and the others are awoken by the earth shaking due to nuclear bombs dropping.  Randy figures out how close they are to the blasts by using the flash and sound system.  See the blast flash and mark the time  Hear the blast and mark the time  Use arithmetic/math to figure out the distance of the blast  Peyton is injured (temporary retinal burns)  Ben Franklin – child of the atomic age  “I’m going to fill up the sinks and pails and tubs with water.”  Randy drives to town to get Dan Gunn  Accident on the road / “And yet Randy stopped”  Randy cannot abandon his humanity, so he stops to make sure there is something he can do to help the woman – she is already dead though.  Riverside Inn is in a state of chaos and medical emergency  Theme: only the strong survive  Allusion: “If the Riverside Inn sank, they must go down with the ship.”

4.  Bank chaos  Edgar Quisenberry  At first refuses to limit money withdrawals or to close the bank  “This was Edgar’s first, and perhaps his vital error.”  “By afternoon the law of scarcity had condemned the dollar to degradation and contempt. Within a few more days the dollar would be banished entirely.” – pg. 119  “If the dollar was worthless, everything was worthless. The end of civilization as we know it. It meant the end of money”  “He had been a banker all his life and that’s how he was going to die, a banker.”

5.  “The Day” – pg. 123  Radio dependence – waiting to hear from the outside world  Mrs. Josephine Vanbruuker-Brown  Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare  PRESIDENT!  “There have been grave dislocations of communications, of industrial, economic, and financial functions.” – pg. 127  Puts debts and loans on hold due to the banks crumbling  Dan Gunn visits to check on Peyton and talks with Randy about the medical situation in town; learns the Edgar killed himself  “Aren’t you drinking, Randy?” - Dan “No, I don’t feel like I want one.” - Randy

6.  Toynbee’s Theory: “Some nations and some people melt in the heat of crisis and come apart like fat in the pan. Others meet the challenge and harden.” – pg. 133  “‘You load up your gun, Ben,’ he said. ‘It’s yours now. Never point it at a man unless you intend to shoot him, and never shoot unless you mean to kill.’” – pg. 137  Ben’s loss of innocence/childhood  Admiral Hazzard (retired) – has old ham radio he uses to listen to military communication  Electricity goes out when Orlando is bombed

7.  Loss of electricity  Water shortage solution: connect all the houses on River Road using the artesian water well (Bragg’s house, Henry’s house, Admiral Hazzard’s house, Florence’s house = rely upon each other to survive)  Addicts attack Dan’s clinic looking for drug fix  Dan moves in to Randy’s house on River Road (rely upon each other to survive)  Radio announcement of contamination zones

8.  Lavinia McGovern dies - no refrigeration = no insulin  Bill and Lib move in to Randy’s house (rely upon each other to survive)  Commotion at Florence’s house  Sir Percy (cat) ate Anthony (parrot)  “The strong survive. The frail die.” – pg. 176  “We’re going to have to be tough. We’re going to have to be catfish.” – Randy to Lib