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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. After Rod is hit over the head and robbed in Chapter 3, what items does he have left?
2. What is the name of Jack's personal knife?
3. What two people arrive near the end of Chapter 7, joining the original three in their new settlement?
4. Rod is informed that the exit gate from his final exam will be where?
5. What hunting technique do Rod and Jack develop in Chapter 7?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does Rod finally agree to partner with, before traveling through the gate to an unknown planet?
2. What major setback does Rod suffer at the conclusion of Chapter 3?
3. What sort of test does the main character, Rod Walker, contemplate taking at the beginning of "Tunnel in the Sky," and what is his reaction to learning that the test is eminent?
4. What unusual decision have Rod's parents made, and why?
5. Why is Chapter 6 titled, "I Think He's Dead?"
6. How does Rod first encounter a student worthy of partnership?
7. Why is Chapter 2 titled, "The Fifth Way?"
8. Rod's refusal to let go of misguided theories reveals what about his character?
9. Where has Rod's new partner, Jack, been sleeping?
10. What unusual phenomenon do Jack and Rod see in the sky at the end of Chapter 5, in addition to the pentagonal constellation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do Deacon Matson and Helen believe that students are better off not carrying guns during their final exam on an unknown planet? How is their philosophy proved correct or incorrect as the novel progresses? How does this relate to Heinlein's attitude toward violence?
Essay Topic 2
What important lessons does Rod Walker learn by the end of the novel? How do those lessons reveal and reinforce the novel's main theme? What is the main theme of "Tunnel in the Sky?"
Essay Topic 3
How does Robert A. Heinlein explain the technology involved in Ramsbotham Gates? How did the personality of the inventor, Dr. Jesse Evelyn Ramsbotham, as described in Chapter 2, lead to the invention of tunnel travel? How did the invention of tunnel travel transform the world of "Tunnel in the Sky?"
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