SparkNotes: Alas, Babylon: Review Questions

During what conflict does Alas, Babylon take place?

(A) World War II

(B) The Cold War

(C) The Gulf War

(D) World War I

Randy Bragg lives on what street?

(A) Main Street

(B) River Road

(C) Bragg Lane

(D) Repose Street

Florence Wechek works at the

(A) Bank

(B) Doctor's office

(C) Telegraph office

(D) Town hall

Mark Bragg is a(n)

(A) Aide to the President

(B) Professor of international affairs

(C) Ambassador to the Soviet Union

(D) Officer in the Air Force

Mark's wife is named

(A) Peyton

(B) Helen

(C) Rita

(D) Lib

Randy's girlfriend, at the time the novel begins, is named

(A) Lib

(B) Helen

(C) Rita

(D) Alice

Who of the following does not live on River Road?

(A) The Henrys

(B) Rita Hernandez

(C) Admiral Hazzard

(D) Florence Wechek

Dan Gunn is a

(A) Lawyer

(B) Banker

(C) Air Force pilot

(D) Doctor

Residents of Fort Repose refer to the day that nuclear war begins as

(A) "The Day"

(B) "Atom-Day"

(C) "D-Day II"

(D) "Day of Fire"

When it becomes clear that money will soon be worthless, Edgar Quisenberry

(A) Shoots himself

(B) Burns down the bank

(C) Shoots his wife

(D) Drives into the path of the fallout

After the destruction of Washington, _____ takes over as President of the U.S.A.

(A) Mark Bragg

(B) Mrs. Josephine Vanbruuker-Brown

(C) Admiral Hazzard

(D) Douglas MacArthur

The destruction of what city knocks out power in Fort Repose?

(A) Atlanta

(B) New York

(C) Miami

(D) Orlando

Lib McGovern's mother dies of

(A) Diabetes

(B) Radiation poisoning

(C) A gunshot wound

(D) Cancer

Who does not move in with Randy in the aftermath of the nuclear war?

(A) Lib McGovern

(B) Rita Hernandez

(C) Dan Gunn

(D) Bill McGovern

Porky Logan transmits radiation poisoning to several people in Fort Repose by selling them contaminated

(A) Food

(B) Gasoline

(C) Jewelry

(D) Alcohol

In order to get people to help with Porky Logan's burial, Randy

(A) Offers them money

(B) Offers them alcohol

(C) Threatens them with a gun

(D) Threatens to leave the body on the town green

Helen has a moment of temporary insanity, in which she thinks that Randy is

(A) God

(B) Dan Gunn

(C) Mark

(D) Her son

Which character owns and operates a ham radio?

(A) Admiral Hazzard

(B) Randy

(C) Rita Hernandez

(D) Edgar Quisenberry

Randy takes charge of law enforcement in Fort Repose because

(A) He is a Reserve officer

(B) He has the most guns

(C) Bandits kill Peyton

(D) The townspeople elect him

Which character gets beaten up by robbers?

(A) Randy

(B) Dan Gunn

(C) Lib

(D) Admiral Hazzard

On Easter Sunday, Randy marries

(A) Rita

(B) Helen

(C) Florence

(D) Lib

Who gets killed in the shootout with the robbers?

(A) Bill McGovern

(B) Randy

(C) Malachai

(D) Admiral Hazzard

What happens to the sole surviving robber?

(A) He is hanged

(B) He is given a trial by jury and sentenced to life in prison

(C) He is exiled from Fort Repose

(D) He kills himself

How does Randy find a supply of salt?

(A) By taking salt-sniffing dogs into the swamp

(B) By consulting the diary of an ancestor who founded Fort Repose

(C) By breaking into an abandoned warehouse

(D) By finding a route to the sea

Who shows up in a helicopter at the end of the book, and who does he tell them won the war?

(A) Mark; the U.S.A.

(B) Paul Hart; the Soviet Union

(C) Mark; the Soviet Union

(D) Paul Hart; the U.S.A.