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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. During his campaign speech in Chapter 8, what does Grant state is the most important invention of mankind?
(a) Government.
(b) The wheel.
(c) Ramsbotham Gates.
(d) Writing.

2. In Chapter 12 why are many students, including Grant, less than enthusiastic about moving to the caves Rod and Roy have discovered?
(a) Other students found a better settlement upstream.
(b) They don't want to lose the magnificent view their settlement offers.
(c) Caves can be claustrophobic.
(d) They have made many improvements to their current settlement.

3. In Chapter 13 what do Grant and Roy build to try and save their settlement during the catastrophic event?
(a) A ring of fire around the camp.
(b) A guard shack on stilts.
(c) Additional thornbush barriers.
(d) A dam across the river.

4. Where is the settlement's new constitution written?
(a) In the margins of the Oxford Verse.
(b) In the flyleaves of two Testaments, Bob's and Georgia's.
(c) In the flyleaves of two Testaments, Grant's and Carmen's.
(d) In the margins of Webster's Dictionary.

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) Four long, imperfectly healed scratches on his left arm.
(c) Three long, imperfectly healed scratches on his left arm.
(d) Two long, imperfectly healed scratches on his right arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rod and Roy reach the downstream end of the river on their expedition, what do they find?

2. What, according to Rod's instructor, is the most dangerous animal known?

3. In Chapter 1, how does Rod describe his classmate, Caroline?

4. Who do Rod and Jack discover in a tree in Chapter 6?

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

(see the answer key)

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