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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, 'I Think He's Dead' and Chapter 7, 'I Should Have Baked a Cake'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the original three survivors loses most often at their nightly games?
(a) Jack.
(b) Rod.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) The three are evenly matched.

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

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

4. In Chapter 2, Rod's sister Helen has come home from where?
(a) The Australasian Republic.
(b) Luna.
(c) The Amazon.
(d) The Heavenly Mountains.

5. What is Helen's greatest wish, for which she would give up her career?
(a) Travel to the Outlands.
(b) A new career as a teacher.
(c) Two babies and a picket fence.
(d) Six babies and a farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What revelation does Jimmy make at the end of Chapter 6 regarding Jack that shocks Rod?

2. Before Rod leaves for his exam, Helen reminds him that more people have died from what than from bleeding to death?

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

4. What was Dr. Ramsbotham trying to invent when he made his greatest discovery?

5. Where is Rod's school located?

(see the answer key)

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