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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. In Chapter 8 Arthur Nielson proposes that the group's new leader should be chosen by what principle, rather than by popular vote?
(a) The eldest student should lead.
(b) A lottery.
(c) Rigorous scientific criteria.
(d) The student from the wealthiest family should lead.

2. What object signifies a vote for Arthur?
(a) A twig.
(b) A green leaf.
(c) A pebble.
(d) A piece of baked clay.

3. Why does Bob order Rod to avoid heavy work and sleep on his stomach, after Rod's argument with Jock in Chapter 8?
(a) He has been hit by a poison dart.
(b) He has fallen off of a small ledge.
(c) He has been punched in the stomach.
(d) He has been knifed in the ribs.

4. In Chapter 45 what planet does Rod believe he and Jack are living on?
(a) Mars.
(b) A new Outlands planet.
(c) Terra.
(d) Luna.

5. Rod is informed that the exit gate from his final exam will be where?
(a) As much as thirty kilometers in the direction of sunrise.
(b) As much as twenty kilometers in the direction of sunset.
(c) As much as ten kilometers in the direction of sunset.
(d) As much as twenty kilometers in the direction of sunrise.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10 when Peewee, the youngest in the settlement, uses foul language, what does Rod threaten to do?

2. One of the two new arrivals at the end of Chapter 7 has what injury?

3. What unit of currency does Rod spend while watching the travelers at Emigrants' Gap?

4. Why doesn't Rod's father want Rod to leave for his final exam?

5. During his campaign speech in Chapter 8, what does Grant state is the most important invention of mankind?

(see the answer key)

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