End of Days by Eric
Walters
Practice Questions
1.
What diagram is on a gold disc attached to a
satellite? Solar system and man &
woman with open hands, p. 1.
2.
Which planet does the Soviet satellite first
observe? Jupiter, p. 2
3.
Which country had sent this satellite out? Soviet
Union, p. 2
4.
What happens every 14 hours? The satellite orbits a chunk of rock OR it
sends a report back to earth, p. 3
5.
How did the four intruders know Daniel Sheppard’s
house? They had studied its blueprints,
p. 6
6.
What causes a creak four times? Men going up the steps, p. 6
7.
What is Professor Sheppard wearing on his
feet? Tennis shoes, p. 8
8.
What does Sheppard need from his night table?
Eye glasses, p. 8
9.
Why do Sheppard’s pants rip? He puts them on
over top of his shoes, p. 12
10.
When do the guards leave Sheppard? When they get to the door marked “Authorized
Personnel Only”, p. 14
11.
Why is Sheppard so shocked when he walks beyond
this secured door? He sees Andrew
Markell, who he thought had died, p. 15
12.
What will be the cover story for Sheppard’s
supposed death? Heart attack, p. 16
13.
What had happened over an 8-month period? All the top mathematicians and astronomers
died, p. 17
14.
What did all these scientists have in
common? Involved in Sky Search research,
p. 18
15.
What is Sheppard’s first name? Daniel, p. 20
16.
Who takes 5 sugars in their tea? Sheppard, p. 21
17.
Who had funded Sheppard’s research? IARI, p. 25
18.
Why do they want to keep the asteroid’s coming
secret? To prevent panic and find a
solution
19.
Who said, “We need you—humanity needs you?” Dr.
Hay, p. 31
20.
Who is holding a press conference? Joshua
Fitchett, p. 34
21.
What makes Fitchett so special? World’s richest man, mysterious inventor, p.
37
22.
How did the four kidnappers who came for
Fitchett die? They swallowed poison
(cyanide)
23.
Where did kidnappers come from? IARI
24.
What will happen in “17 years, 4 months plus or
minus three days”? Asteroid will hit earth, p. 38
25.
What will Fitchett not do at the end of the
press conference? Answer questions, p.
40
26.
What does Fitchett think trying to stop the
asteroid is? A fool’s mission, p. 39
27.
What happened less than 24 hours after JF’s
announcement? His mansion catches on
fire and is destroyed, p. 42
28.
How had the fire started? Explosions from chemicals, p. 42
29.
Why aren’t they sure if JF was killed? He has no public dental records, p. 43
30.
What happened to the Dow Jones stock
market? Biggest 3-day decline, p. 50
31.
Who is the preacher in the white suit? Rev. Abraham Honey, p. 53
32.
Which sport gives a 2-minute warning near the
end of the game? Football, p. 58
33.
What happened five hours after Joshua F’s
announcement? An attack on IARI, p. 60
34.
How will IARI protect the scientists from the
religious people? Personal full time
security officer for each one of them, p. 61
35.
What does Officer Gordon search for in NY
city? Dogs (abandoned pets gone wild),
p. 63
36.
Who are Gordon and Ramsey looking for? William
Phillips, p. 68
37.
What is William’s nickname? Billy the Kid, p. 68
38.
What happens if they capture the teenager alive
and unharmed? The will be paid a bounty,
p. 68
39.
Who says, “Sometimes it’s just wise to be kind”?
Billy, p. 73
40.
Why was getting injured such a big problem? Shortage of medicines, hospitals in ruins, p.
76
41.
What kind of building are the police in when
looking for Billy? Apartment building,
p. 83
42.
How do they stop Billy from breaking free when
they catch him in apartment? Handcuffs,
p. 89
43.
What was being thrown down as the police take
Billy away? Molotov cocktails, p. 90
44.
How do they know Billy is the kid they
need? He matches a photo, p. 92
45.
How does Billy threaten the guard in the
car? With a razor, p. 102
46.
How do they finally subdue Billy? Give him a needle, p. 103
47.
Who is the woman that Ramsay and Gordon hand
Billy over to? Dr. Amanda Miller, p. 100
48.
How is the runway disguised? To look like a river, p. 108
49.
How can they drive the jeep into rocks? It’s a holographic image, p. 110
50.
What does the old man have in an envelope? Photos of Billy and his family, p. 118
51.
Who is this old man? Joshua Fitchett, p. 122
52.
Who faked his own death? Joshua Fitchett, p. 122
53.
What does Fitchett tell Billy about the
asteroid? It can’t be stopped, p. 124
54.
What odd about the door to Billy’s room? It opens automatically, p. 127
55.
What is Christina’s role? Guide for Billy, p. 128
56.
Who speaks passable German and Latvian?
Christina, p. 128
57.
Where was Christina born? Morocco, p. 131
58.
Where had Christina been raised? In a collective, p. 133
59.
Why do Christian and Billy go back inside the
compound? They are hungry, p. 135
60.
How does Billy get back into his room without
his ID card? He talks to the door, p.
138
61.
Who says, “There isn’t time for arguing, only for
becoming”? Christina, p. 141
62.
Which food does Billy crave? A hamburger, p. 144
63.
Which fruit does Billy pick up and examine? A banana, p. 146
64.
Why does Billy trip a boy in the dining
hall? He thinks the boy is trying to
steal his food, p. 147
65.
What is Billy’s plan after assaulting the
boy? Leave before he is kicked out, p.
150
66.
Which famous building did Fitchett used to
own? Empire State Building, p. 153
67.
Where does Joshua take Billy? Into a canyon 600 metres below earth’s
surface, p. 154
68.
Who does Joshua compare himself to? God, p. 155
69.
Who says, “I always have a backup plan”? Joshua
Fitchett, p. 156
70.
Why is there a plan that the underground world
can hold up to 1600 people? To account
for babies that will be born, p. 157
71.
Where are DNA samples kept? Ark, p. 160
72.
What will Billy’s role be? Leadership, p. 162
73.
At 6 months before the asteroid, what is
Sheppard looking at? A space rocket with
nuclear war head, p. 165
74.
Why couldn’t Sheppard become an astronaut
himself? He has poor eye sight and a
heart murmur, p. 168
75.
Who are those opposing the space mission?
Judgment Day, p. 168
76.
What is the launch site of this rocket? Cape Canaveral, p. 164,169
77.
Why did they launch all devices at once? No country would have an unfair advantage of
weapons, p. 170
78.
Why was Markell not the right leader for
IARI? He always rebelled against
authority, p. 176
79.
Who says, “I really have lived in a bubble”? Sheppard, p. 182
80.
What does Sheppard regret? Lives are lost to protect the rockets from
vandalism, p. 184
81.
What does Joshua Fitchett think the plan to
destroy the asteroid might do? Shift its
course to that the orbit of Earth would be affected, p. 190
82.
Why did one rocket blow up? An agent went in wearing plastic explosives,
p. 198
83.
What exists for the first time since 1944? No
nuclear weapons in the world, p. 201
84.
What does Billy know about Amanda? Her age,
birthday, how long she’s been there and her specialty, p. 204
85.
What odd about the kids Billy is leading? Compliant, do as they are told, seem perfect,
p. 205
86.
Who is the “inside saboteur”? Andrew Markell, p. 210-211
87.
What does Markell usually bring Sheppard every
day? Tea, p. 213
88.
Who did Judgment Day target? Scientists,
technicians or intellectuals, p. 215
89.
Who says, “make it so”? Sheppard, p. 219
90.
What could lead to blindness? Staring at the
explosion, p. 221
91.
Who had Billy never lied to? Christina, p. 226
92.
What does Fitchett want Billy and 99 others to
do? Launch into space and go to the
space station, p. 239
93.
What will Billy and crew do when they see the
new Eden appear? Land there and restart
life, p. 243
94.
What does JF suggest those in space can do if
they never return to earth? Find another
planet for regenesis, p. 244
95.
What is Sheppard’s favourite food? Chocolate ice cream, p. 245
96.
What does Sheppard joke might survive the
asteroid’s impact? Cockroaches, p. 252
97.
What do Sheppard and Parker discuss near the
end? Belief in God, p. 255
98.
What does Parker think Sheppard needs? A drive in the country, p. 257
99.
Who has no driver’s license? Sheppard, p. 261
100.
Who had been telling JF everything going on at
Aerospace? Parker, p. 269
101.
Where will Fitchett get his rocket fuel? Sheppard, p. 278
102.
Why does Sheppard announce the doom of the
planet? He felt people had a moral right
to know, p. 283
103.
How did Sheppard’s announcement make things
worse? Mass migrations, fighting and
deaths,
104.
According to Parker, what is Sheppard’s
problem? He believes people are basically
good, p. 286
105.
What does Parker teach Sheppard to use? A gun, p. 289
106.
How do Parker and Sheppard leave the
compound? By helicopter from roof, p.
298
107.
What does Sheppard drop out the helicopter
window? A gun, p. 300
108.
Why does he drop the gun? He is disturbed that he had used it to kill
people, p. 300
109.
Who designed the space station? Sheppard, p. 306
110.
Who decides to take Sheppard on the space
mission? Billy, p. 309
111.
What does Billy see that’s so beautiful? Earth from space, p. 316
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