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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. What number does Rod draw, for entering the gate to the unknown planet?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Seven.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

2. Why do Rod, Jack, and Jimmy alter the placement of their original signal fire in Chapter 7?
(a) Smoke is coming inside their cave.
(b) The fire is too far away to tend properly.
(c) The fire keeps getting extinguished by the river.
(d) Jack trips and burns herself while entering the shelter.

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

4. Early in Chapter 6, what does Rod accuse Jack of stealing?
(a) His salt.
(b) His vest and shirt.
(c) Colonel Bowie.
(d) Lady Macbeth.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 8, what is Grant's theory as to why Jock would not listen to Rod?

3. What committee is Jack appointed to under Grant's new government?

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

5. What sort of gun does Rod obtain from the school armorer, prior to leaving Earth for his final exam?

(see the answer key)

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