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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, 'A Joyful Omen' and Chapter 10, 'I So Move'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rod banish Jock and his friends from camp?
(a) Jock and his friends request an election be held to try to remove Rod from his leadership position.
(b) Jock and his friends steal food from the camp.
(c) Jock and his friends steal weapons from the other students.
(d) Jock refuses Rod's request to help build a wall, and a fight ensues.

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

3. What sort of entrée does Rod enjoy during his meal at home in Chapter 2?
(a) Tofu, molded in the shape of a chicken drumstick.
(b) Turkey patties with bacon.
(c) Soy meatballs with wheat pasta.
(d) A yeast cutlet, molded to look like a chop.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Under Grant's leadership, who is appointed as the historian of the group?

2. How do Rod and Jack break the fever of the person they discovered in a tree in Chapter 6?

3. What aspect of the students' newly formed government mirrors racism and discrimination in America?

4. At the end of Chapter 10, what two students plan to marry according to Grant?

5. Why does Rod arrive late for his final exam?

(see the answer key)

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