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

2. In Chapter 2, what sort of lamp does Mr. Walker light before dinner?
(a) A plutonium lantern.
(b) Asian sconces.
(c) A lunar reflector.
(d) A Peace Lamp.

3. What sort of outerwear does Rod plan to take with him, for the survival test?
(a) Dress armor with gauntlets.
(b) A space suit.
(c) A chlorine-resistant scuba suit.
(d) A combat parka suit.

4. Why does Helen advise Rod not to carry a gun during his survival test?
(a) Other students will gang up on him and steal it.
(b) Guns don't work in all atmospheres and gravitational fields.
(c) Rod could be disqualified if his gun were discovered by his instructor.
(d) Carrying a gun, he might forget that he is the hunted, not the hunter.

5. At Emigrants' Gap, Rod watches emigrants from the Australasian Republic being sent to a destination planet known as what?
(a) Liberty Canyon.
(b) Luna.
(c) Terra.
(d) Heavenly Mountains.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the instructor for Rod's survival course?

2. What is the name of Rod's knife?

3. What is the name of Rod's school?

4. What is Helen's greatest wish, for which she would give up her career?

5. What is Helen's nickname for Rod?

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