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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Luxury Survival, Chapter 4: Bolt-Hole, and Chapter 5: Off-World Colony.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The founder of the American Redoubt movement wrote what kind of publication?
(a) A manifesto.
(b) A book.
(c) A pamphlet.
(d) A bill.

2. For what purpose is a particular group of people buying land in New Zealand?
(a) To build biodomes.
(b) To raise livestock.
(c) To survive the apocalypse.
(d) To provide rental income.

3. Upon seeing an old man dancing in Glendale, O'Connell thinks about a boy he had seen dancing by the river in which state?
(a) South Dakota.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Maryland.

4. What type of sunglasses does O'Connell associate with the doomsday prepping community?
(a) Mirrored.
(b) Wraparound.
(c) Polarized.
(d) Aviator.

5. Around the time depicted in Chapter 3: Luxury Survival, the United States and which country were at odds around nuclear weapons?
(a) North Korea.
(b) Iran.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many practical guidebooks about preparing for the end of the world did O'Connell read during his long period of study?

2. O'Connell recalls looking at what type of object over his son's head while also watching television with him?

3. How old was O'Connell when a family member told him about the nuclear conflict between the United States and Russia?

4. The Ghost Dance described in Chapter 5: "Off-World Colony" was intended to consume which group of people?

5. What type of landmark is Mount Eden, the location to which Anthony took O'Connell immediately upon picking him up at the airport?

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