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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, The Beach of Bones.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before Rod leaves for his exam, Helen reminds him that more people have died from what than from bleeding to death?
(a) Old age.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Disease.
(d) Worry.

2. Where does Grant want the historian to record the special knowledge of the group?
(a) In the flyleaves of two Testaments, Grant's and Carmen's.
(b) In the margins of Webster's Dictionary.
(c) In the flyleaves of two Testaments, Bob's and Georgia's.
(d) In the margins of the Oxford Verse.

3. Which resident of the colony is the first to become pregnant?
(a) Carmen.
(b) Jack.
(c) Caroline.
(d) Sue.

4. Why does Deacon Matson flunk four students before the exam begins?
(a) They had missed too many days of class.
(b) They planned to cheat.
(c) They arrived with vacuum suits.
(d) They tried to bribe him for a passing grade.

5. During their expedition in Chapter 11, when Roy wishes for a torch light what does Rod wish for?
(a) Three cheerleaders and a convertible.
(b) Eight beautiful dancing girls and a Cadillac copter.
(c) A chocolate shake, followed by a strawberry shake.
(d) A bowl of cornflakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Caroline's inventory, how many fishhooks does the settlement possess?

2. In Chapter 11 when Rod and Roy attempt to return to their settlement, what injury significantly delays their progress?

3. One of the two new arrivals at the end of Chapter 7 has what injury?

4. In what condition is the first classmate Rod sees on the unknown planet?

5. How is the first part of Chapter 11 different from the rest of the novel?

(see the answer key)

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