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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. In what month did O'Connell arrive at the airport where his friend Anthony then picked him up?
(a) January.
(b) June.
(c) November.
(d) March.

2. 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) Maryland.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Alabama.

3. What kind of emaciated animal was featured in the video O'Connell describes?
(a) A polar bear.
(b) A penguin.
(c) An elephant.
(d) An ostrich.

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

5. What primary emotion did O'Connell feel when he watched the video of the emaciated animal?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Regret.
(c) Trepidation.
(d) Disgust.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what decade of life was Anthony at the time he fetched O'Connell from the airport near his home?

2. What does the Spanish word vivos mean in English?

3. O'Connell states at the end of Chapter 5: "Off-World Colony" that "from the Native point of view," what "was in any case a matter of historical record" (131)?

4. In what year did O'Connell attend a gathering of the Mars Society at the Pasadena Convention Center?

5. O'Connell concludes in Chapter 2: Preparations that rather than preparing for their fears, doomsday preppers are preparing for their what?

(see the answer key)

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