This Is Not a Test story
A group of motorists stopped at a roadblock learn that a nuclear strike is imminent.
14 total · 1 choice · 1 major · 12 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| nuclear holocaust | choice | A group of people stopped at a roadblock soon came to the stark realization that a nuclear strike on the United States was imminent, and the film explored how they reacted to the impending disaster. |
| nuclear weapons | major | A group of people stopped at a roadblock soon came to the stark realization that a nuclear strike on the United States was imminent, and the film explored how they reacted to the impending disaster. One man explained that they might survive an atomic bomb detonation, but if a hydrogen bomb went off, then they were all as good as dead. |
| alcohol abuse | minor | Joe's girlfriend was desperate for a drink. She concealed a bottle of whiskey in her coat even after Deputy Sheriff Colter ordered that nobody drink. |
| boyfriend and girlfriend | minor | Joe and his alcoholic girlfriend were on their way to catch a flight to Mexico City before getting stopped at a roadblock and finding out a nuclear attack was imminent. |
| claustrophobia | minor | Juney insisted that she couldn't wait out with the others in the back of a tractor trailer because she was afraid of being in confined spaces. |
| dangerous driving | minor | Joe told his "chick" that she'd soon lose her driver's license if she kept driving over the speed limit. |
| fear for one's life | minor | Joe's girlfriend confided in first him, and later Juney, that she was in fear of what was to come. |
| grandfather and granddaughter | minor | Gramps and her beloved granddaughter Juney. |
| husband and wife | minor | A man found Al fooling around with his wife in the bushes. |
| mass hysteria | minor | The people stopped at the roadblock discussed among themselves about the panic that must have been going on inside the city. A group of looters later confirmed their suspicious. |