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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Through the Tunnel.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. After finishing school, Rod hopes to travel where?
(a) The Heavenly Mountains.
(b) Luna.
(c) The Outlands.
(d) The Australasian Republic.

3. What is the name of Helen's knife?
(a) Colonel Bowie.
(b) Lady Macbeth.
(c) Bluebeard.
(d) Mack the Knife.

4. What sort of gun does Rod obtain from the school armorer, prior to leaving Earth for his final exam?
(a) None.
(b) A needle gun with poison pellets.
(c) A Thunderbolt.
(d) A Pluton Flare.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rod's sister call their father?

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

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

5. Why has Rod's father made such an unusual decision, as described in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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