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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the last name of O'Connell's friend Anthony?
(a) Boyd.
(b) Byrts.
(c) Michaels.
(d) Miller.

2. Participants in the Ghost Dance are said to have believed that their dancing would hasten which event?
(a) Human flight.
(b) The collection of wealth.
(c) A rainstorm.
(d) The end of the world.

3. At what altitude did the compound lie that O'Connell visited during his investigation of luxury apocalyptic dwellings?
(a) 1,600 feet.
(b) 3,800 feet.
(c) 700 feet.
(d) 2,400 feet.

4. O'Connell states that as a parent, he feels "a moral duty to be deluded about" (4) what?
(a) Financial solvency.
(b) The future.
(c) The battle between good and evil.
(d) World peace.

5. What group of people uses the term "bug-out bag" (19)?
(a) Preppers.
(b) Vegans.
(c) Entymologists.
(d) Artists.

6. In what branch of the military did the founder of the American Redoubt movement serve?
(a) Air Force.
(b) Coast Guard.
(c) Navy.
(d) Army.

7. When Chapter 1: Tribulations opens, O'Connell describes watching what type of television show with his son?
(a) Telenovellas.
(b) Mysteries.
(c) News.
(d) Cartoons.

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

9. What type of landmark is Mount Eden, the location to which Anthony took O'Connell immediately upon picking him up at the airport?
(a) A historic landmark.
(b) A toxic waste site.
(c) A volcano.
(d) A nature reserve.

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

11. People from what area of the world appear to be buying up large swaths of land in New Zealand?
(a) The Bermuda Triangle.
(b) Silicon Valley.
(c) Egypt.
(d) The Midwestern United States.

12. The Ghost Dance described in Chapter 5: "Off-World Colony" was intended to consume which group of people?
(a) Colonizers.
(b) Magistrates.
(c) Puritans.
(d) Policemen.

13. Chapter 3: Luxury Survival describes O'Connell's trip to which state?
(a) South Dakota.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Utah.
(d) Ohio.

14. What is the last name of the man named James Wesley who founded a movement called American Redoubt?
(a) Rawles.
(b) Miller.
(c) Jones.
(d) Dawes.

15. Which family member told O'Connell all about the nuclear conflict between Russia and the United States?
(a) His brother.
(b) His father.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many theories does O'Connell have about the correlation between doomsday preppers and their sunglasses?

2. How old was O'Connell's son at the time of the events described in Chapter 1: Tribulations?

3. What adjective does O'Connell use in Chapter 5: "Off-World Colony" to describe the shape of the traditional Ghost Dance?

4. O'Connell discovered that the Mars Society believed that humankind was taking what action in relation to the end of the world?

5. What type of sunglasses does O'Connell associate with the doomsday prepping community?

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