Level Test
 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
 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.”
 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.”
 “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
 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
 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
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