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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, 'It Won't Work, Rod' and Chapter 13, Unkillable.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After agreeing to cooperate with Grant in Chapter 10, Rod asks to lead a search party to find what?
(a) A watering hole.
(b) Ore.
(c) A better salt lick.
(d) A more defensible place to move the colony.

2. What does Dr. Ramsbotham's invention allow people to do?
(a) By allowing themselves to be frozen, people can wait for terminal illnesses to be curable.
(b) By using special viewers, people can experience virtual travel.
(c) By stepping through a gate, people can be transported hundreds or thousands of miles in seconds.
(d) By stepping through a gate, people can travel through time.

3. How much time off from guard duty does Grant give to Bob in Chapter 10 because he is newly married?
(a) Four weeks.
(b) Four days.
(c) Ten days.
(d) Two weeks.

4. During his expedition with Rod in Chapter 11, why does Roy kill a dopey joe?
(a) It was hunting him.
(b) He was bored.
(c) He needed a new water skin.
(d) It is his favorite meat on the new planet.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what does Rod believe caused his fever?
(a) Three long, imperfectly healed scratches on his right arm.
(b) Three long, imperfectly healed scratches on his left arm.
(c) Two long, imperfectly healed scratches on his right arm.
(d) Four long, imperfectly healed scratches on his left arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before delivering a marriage certificate to Bob and Carmen, Caroline decorates it with what?

2. How many moons does the unknown planet have, according to Jack?

3. What is unusual about Rod Walker's family home, as compared with newer homes in the area?

4. Why does Rod's friend consider dropping out of the survival course?

5. During the wedding at the beginning of Chapter 11, what instrument does Caroline play?

(see the answer key)

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