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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Fifth Way.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the planned duration of Rod's survival test?
(a) Three to twelve weeks.
(b) Two to ten days.
(c) Two to ten weeks.
(d) Three to twelve days.

2. Why doesn't Rod's father want Rod to leave for his final exam?
(a) He plans to have the whole Walker family frozen for twenty years.
(b) He plans to have himself frozen for thirty years.
(c) He plans to have himself and Rod's mother frozen for thirty years.
(d) He plans to have himself and Rod's mother frozen for twenty years.

3. What unit of currency does Rod spend while watching the travelers at Emigrants' Gap?
(a) Half-pluton coins.
(b) Luna dollars.
(c) Terra half-dollars.
(d) Bedlovian coins.

4. What, according to Rod's instructor, is the most dangerous animal known?
(a) The snow ape.
(b) An alien.
(c) Man.
(d) The leopard.

5. Why does Rod's instructor try to discourage him from taking the final exam?
(a) He wants Rod to take the class again before attempting the final exam.
(b) He wants Rod to stay home with his family.
(c) He believes Rod is too cocky and unfeeling to be a survivor.
(d) He believes Rod is too emotional and sentimental to be a survivor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Rod's school located?

2. At the time of the novel, what exists where the Statue of Liberty once stood?

3. In Chapter 2, Rod's sister Helen has come home from where?

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

5. How does the air pressure of the Grand Canyon plateau compare with that of New Jersey?

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