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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: Under the Hide.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what type of tree were the seeds discussed by Caroline in Chapter 6: "Under the Hide"?
(a) Yew.
(b) Maple.
(c) Birch.
(d) Aspen.

2. O'Connell discusses going to what type of location called Alladale?
(a) A fish ladder.
(b) A wilderness reserve.
(c) A reservoir.
(d) A planetarium.

3. Toward the end of the retreat described in Chapter 6: "Under the Hide" each participant spends how many consecutive hours alone in the forest?
(a) 100.
(b) 36.
(c) 24.
(d) 12.

4. During O'Connell's study of the doomsday prepping movement, he came to see the movement as "a hysterical symptom of" what "itself" (20)?
(a) Despair.
(b) Paranoia.
(c) America.
(d) Boredom.

5. Lister's goal for purchasing Alladale included reintroducing all but which of the following types of animals to the area?
(a) Bears.
(b) Lynx.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Wolves.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Chapter 5: Off-World Colony begins, O'Connell discusses an episode of which television show?

2. O'Connell claims that doomsday preppers and their actions are completely devoid of which human element?

3. Which annual gathering of the Mars Society did O'Connell attend in Los Angeles?

4. Chapter 3: Luxury Survival describes O'Connell's trip to which state?

5. In what year did Doomsday Preppers emerge onto the cultural scene?

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