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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. In Chapter 1, how does Rod describe his classmate, Caroline?
(a) Too skittish to survive in unknown surroundings.
(b) A quiet girl, engaged to be married.
(c) Dim-witted and unprepared.
(d) A big Zulu girl.

2. What element is needed to power the transport tunnels?
(a) Calcium.
(b) Cadmium.
(c) Uranium.
(d) Plutonium.

3. What is the religion of the Walker family?
(a) Quaker.
(b) Evangelical Monist.
(c) Lunism.
(d) New Baptist.

4. Why has Rod's father made such an unusual decision, as described in Chapter 2?
(a) Rod's father is dying, and he hopes a cure will be found while he is frozen.
(b) Rod's mother is dying, and he hopes a cure will be found while she is frozen.
(c) Rod's father believes that being frozen is a vital religious ritual.
(d) Rod's father is bankrupt, and he hopes his finances will improve while he is frozen.

5. Why does Rod's friend consider dropping out of the survival course?
(a) He plans to change schools.
(b) His family has financial difficulties.
(c) He is afraid.
(d) He has the flu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of outerwear does Rod plan to take with him, for the survival test?

2. Who is Rod's only friend in the survival class?

3. At Emigrants' Gap, Rod watches emigrants from the Australasian Republic being sent to a destination planet known as what?

4. What is the name of Helen's knife?

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

(see the answer key)

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