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

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

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

4. What item does Deacon Matson assure Rod he can leave behind, because he will not need it for the final exam?
(a) His gun.
(b) His canteen.
(c) His snow suit.
(d) His vacuum suit.

5. Rod and Jack eat what sort of meat, when they first meet?
(a) Roasted buck.
(b) Roasted duck.
(c) Raw buck.
(d) Raw rabbit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the religion of the Walker family?

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

3. When Rod pins down the boy who butchered the animal he was hunting, what does he ask the boy to do?

4. How does Rod travel from school to home?

5. What wondrous spectacle do Rod and Jack witness at the end of Chapter 5?

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