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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Savage and Chapter 5, The Nova.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What wondrous spectacle do Rod and Jack witness at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) A meteor shower.
(b) A rainbow.
(c) A black hole.
(d) A nova.

3. At the time of the novel, what exists where the Statue of Liberty once stood?
(a) Bedford-Stuyvestant Gap.
(b) Bedlow Gap.
(c) Bedlow Crater.
(d) Bedford-Stuyvestant Crater.

4. Who is the instructor for Rod's survival course?
(a) Deacon Matson.
(b) Doctor Throxton.
(c) Doctor Garcia.
(d) Deacon Baxter.

5. How much meat does Jack want to take, when the two are ready to part ways?
(a) The belly and a haunch.
(b) A haunch and a chunk of liver.
(c) A haunch and part of the brain.
(d) The brain and the liver.

Short Answer Questions

1. After finishing school, Rod hopes to travel where?

2. What is the religion of the Walker family?

3. What, according to the author in Chapter 4, is the first law of hunting sportsmanship?

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

5. In Chapter 5, why does Jack disagree with Rod's opinion about what planet they are on?

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