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100

Who is the main character in I Am Legend?

Robert Neville

100

What street did Robert Neville live on?

Cimarron Street

100

(a disease) existing over a whole country or the whole World.

pandemic

100

What does garlic symbolize?

Garlic symbolized Roberts efforts of keeping the vampires away from his house and from him.

100

What things would scare off the vampires?

Garlic, Mirrors, crosses, wood stakes.

200

Who was Roberts wife?

Virginia Neville

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Where did Robert first see Ruth?

Feild across from his house

200

a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease. 

epidemic

200

What does the music Robert plays symbolize?

The music symbolizes Roberts's efforts to toon out the vampires and create a calm setting. 

200

Why would Robert board up his windows?

To keep the vampires from breaking through them. 
300

What is Roberts's kids name?

Kathy Neville

300

Where was the dog living for the days when Robert couldn't find him?

Under a house in his neighborhood.

300

the feeling of intense dislike.

antipathy

300

What does alcohol symbolize?

Robert had to excessively drink in order to stay sane during the pandemic and it relieved a lot of Roberts's pain. 

300

Why did Robert want to train the dog he found so badly?

Because it was the only nonvampire thing he has seen in a long time, and he has been in desperate need of a companion. 

400

Who is Roberts neighbor?

Ben Cortman

400

Where did Robert Neville dump the dead vampires?

Giant pit on Compton Boulevard 

400

a protein that produces an immune response.

antibody

400

What does the dog symbolize?

The dog that Robert found gives him hope of a companion after so long alone. 

400

What is the germ called that infected all the vampires?

bacillus 

500

Who does Robert meet that he believes to be the only other living human being in the World?

Ruth

500

Where did Robert die?

a prision

500

Tendency to be ready to believe something is true/real.

credulity 

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What does Ruth appearing across from Roberts's house symbolize?

Ruth is the only other living human as Robert thinks, and it symbolizes hope of a friend and a companion. 

500

Why did Ruth lie to Robert about being a vampire?

Because Robert was the last living-human being left and the vampires have been planning to kill him.