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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what sort of animal comes up behind Jack while the two are sharing their meal?
(a) A buck.
(b) A stobor.
(c) A lion.
(d) A jackal.

2. In Chapter 7, Jack asks Rod to abandon being logical in favor of being what?
(a) Hopeful.
(b) Realistic.
(c) Relaxed.
(d) Practical.

3. Before Rod leaves for his exam, Helen reminds him that more people have died from what than from bleeding to death?
(a) Old age.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Disease.
(d) Worry.

4. When Rod is frightened by noises during his first night on the unknown planet, what does he try to do?
(a) Plug his ears.
(b) Run.
(c) Take a nap.
(d) Make ferocious growling sounds.

5. How much meat does Jack want to take, when the two are ready to part ways?
(a) A haunch and part of the brain.
(b) The belly and a haunch.
(c) A haunch and a chunk of liver.
(d) The brain and the liver.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 45 what planet does Rod believe he and Jack are living on?

2. What revelation does Jimmy make at the end of Chapter 6 regarding Jack that shocks Rod?

3. In Chapter 7, why do Rod, Jack, and Jimmy decide to start a signal fire?

4. What is the final exam for Rod's class, "Advanced Survival"?

5. What wondrous spectacle do Rod and Jack witness at the end of Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the invention of Dr. Jesse Evelyn Ramsbotham, as compared with the item he intended to invent.

2. Rod's refusal to let go of misguided theories reveals what about his character?

3. Why does Helen advise Rod not to carry a gun during his survival final exam on an unknown planet?

4. Who does Rod finally agree to partner with, before traveling through the gate to an unknown planet?

5. Who does the "dead" student in the tree turn out to be?

6. What major setback does Rod suffer at the conclusion of Chapter 3?

7. Why is Chapter 6 titled, "I Think He's Dead?"

8. What grisly sight does Rod encounter, shortly after arriving alone on an unknown planet?

9. What unusual decision have Rod's parents made, and why?

10. What strange sound prevents Rod from sleeping comfortably during his first night on the unknown planet?

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