**No Way to Meet a Neighbor Posttest**

Instructions

Please read the situation described in Question A. Then use the answer
sheet to mark your answers for each of the numbered statements that
follow Question A. (Please don't write on this quiz.) On the answer
sheet Circle T for true or F for false in front of each number. When you
finish Question A, continue reading the remaining questions and mark
your answers on the answer sheet. As you will see this quiz tells a
story in which you are a character.

A. Imagine that it is a sunny summer afternoon and you are driving a car
on a country road. There are many fields and farms along this road. You
can smell freshly cut hay. As you pop up over a hill you see a large hay
wagon in your lane about 1-½ football fields ahead of you. The hay bales
are stacked so high and wide all you can see is the wagon is moving in
the same direction you are driving. Just ahead of the hay wagon you see
a driveway on the left side of the road leading to a farmyard and barn.

Suppose a tractor is pulling the hay wagon and a farmer is driving the
tractor. Which of the following statements are true?

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  1\.   T   F   The farmer [can]{.underline} see your car approaching from
                behind.

  2\.   T   F   The farmer [can]{.underline} hear your car approaching from
                behind.

  3\.   T   F   The farmer [can't]{.underline} see your car approaching from
                behind.

  4\.   T   F   If you lay on the horn the farmer will hear your car
                approaching from behind.
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B. As you approach the rear of the hay wagon, you see a straight section
of road ahead of the wagon. The road ahead is clear. You hear a tractor
engine. Your car, the wagon and tractor are approaching the driveway
into a farmyard on your left. Which of the following statements are
true?

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  5\.   T   F   It is safe to pass the hay wagon and tractor because the
                highway ahead is straight and clear.

  6\.   T   F   It is [not]{.underline} safe to pass the wagon and tractor
                even if the highway ahead is straight and clear of traffic.

  7\.   T   F   It is safe to pass the wagon as long as you honk the horn so
                the tractor driver can hear you.

  8\.   T   F   It is safe to pass the hay wagon and tractor if you increase
                your speed and get by fast.
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C. As the wagon gets close to the farm driveway on the left, what might
happen?

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  9\.    T   F   The tractor and hay wagon might turn left into the driveway.

  10\.   T   F   The tractor and hay wagon might continue on and not turn
                 into the driveway.

  11\.   T   F   The tractor and hay wagon might stop.
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D. Just before the hay wagon gets close to the driveway, your
speedometer says 60 mph. You are five car lengths (about 90 feet) behind
the wagon. Suppose you pull out and accelerate to 65 mph to pass the
wagon and tractor. Just then the tractor turns left into the farmyard
driveway. The tractor and wagon block the whole road. What can you do to
avoid running into the hay wagon and tractor?

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  12\.   T   F   Step on the brakes hard.

  13\.   T   F   Steer around the wagon and tractor on the left.

  14\.   T   F   Steer around the wagon and tractor on the right.

  15\.   T   F   There is too little time to do anything to avoid a
                 collision.
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E. As the tractor and wagon turn into the driveway they block both lanes
and shoulders. You step on the brake as hard as you can.

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  16\.   T   F   You can you stop before running into the tractor and wagon.

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F. Think about this situation. What could the tractor driver have done
to prevent the collision?

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  17\.   T   F   Once the tractor driver began pulling left across the road
                 and into his driveway there was nothing he could do to
                 prevent the collision.

  18\.   T   F   Had a friend drive a car behind the wagon and use its
                 flashers and a left turn signal.

  19\.   T   F   Used his left arm and hand to signal his left turn.

  20\.   T   F   Looked back over his shoulder and made eye contact with the
                 car driver (you).
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G. Think about this situation. What could the automobile driver (you)
have done to prevent a collision?

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  21\.   T   F   Hit the gas to get by the hay wagon and tractor before they
                 turned into the driveway.

  22\.   T   F   Slowed down as soon as you topped the hill and saw the wagon
                 and then stayed behind the wagon until there was a safe
                 place to pass.

  23\.   T   F   Flashed your headlights and blown the horn just before
                 passing the wagon.

  24\.   T   F   When within 100 feet of the wagon, you could have hit the
                 brakes fast and hard to stop before the collision.
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H. Which of the following situations could result in a collision with
farm equipment while driving on rural roads?

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  25\.   T   F   When driving fast and coming into a patch of fog.

  26\.   T   F   When farm machinery traveling on the road is wider than one
                 lane of the road.

  27\.   T   F   When it is dark and the farm machinery doesn't have lights
                 or reflective markers.

  28\.   T   F   When driving fast and coming around a curve in the road.
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I. When you are driving on a country road and come up behind a large hay
wagon being pulled by a tractor, how fast will the tractor and wagon
usually be traveling?

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  29\.   T   F   45 to 55 miles per hour depending on the speed limit.

  30\.   T   F   35 - 40 miles per hour even if the speed limit is 55 mph.

  31\.   T   F   Usually about 15 -- 20 miles per hour.

  32\.   T   F   Usually about 8 -- 12 miles per hour.
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J. When a car is traveling at 60 mph about how many feet does the car
travel each second?

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  33\.   T   F   48

  34\.   T   F   62

  35\.   T   F   88

  36\.   T   F   106
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K. A young woman who is wide awake and alert is traveling along a
highway at 60 mph. Suddenly a dog runs in front of her car. About how
many feet will her car travel from the time she sees the dog until she
can apply the brakes?

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  37\.   T   F   88

  38\.   T   F   66

  39\.   T   F   44

  40\.   T   F   22
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Number of words = 857

Reading difficulty = 5.8 grade level