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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. What is Helen's nickname for Rod?
(a) Pater.
(b) Buddy.
(c) Deacon.
(d) Ruddy.

2. Why does Deacon Matson flunk four students before the exam begins?
(a) They arrived with vacuum suits.
(b) They had missed too many days of class.
(c) They tried to bribe him for a passing grade.
(d) They planned to cheat.

3. Why doesn't Rod's father want Rod to leave for his final exam?
(a) He plans to have the whole Walker family frozen for twenty years.
(b) He plans to have himself frozen for thirty years.
(c) He plans to have himself and Rod's mother frozen for twenty years.
(d) He plans to have himself and Rod's mother frozen for thirty years.

4. Before Rod leaves for his exam, Helen reminds him that more people have died from what than from bleeding to death?
(a) Disease.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Worry.
(d) Old age.

5. What trick does Jack use before entering the shelter, to ensure no animals are lurking within?
(a) Throwing thorn bush branches inside.
(b) Throwing a flaming branch inside.
(c) Shouting.
(d) Throwing gravel inside.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Rod's school?

2. What element is needed to power the transport tunnels?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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