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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, The Beach of Bones.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what sort of animal comes up behind Jack while the two are sharing their meal?
(a) A lion.
(b) A jackal.
(c) A buck.
(d) A stobor.

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

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

4. What, according to Rod's instructor, is the most dangerous animal known?
(a) Man.
(b) An alien.
(c) The snow ape.
(d) The leopard.

5. What aspect of the students' newly formed government mirrors racism and discrimination in America?
(a) Grant appoints boys to the most important positions, shutting out the girls.
(b) Grant appoints students of his ethnic background to the most important positions, shutting out the others.
(c) Grant denies younger students and females the right to vote.
(d) Grant appoints his college friends to the most important positions, shutting out the younger students.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, the new mayor requisitions the rocks that were to be used for a protective wall, to build what instead?

2. During an evening meeting in Chapter 10, who stands up and demands information regarding a constitution and bill of rights?

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

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

5. Rod and Jack eat what sort of meat, when they first meet?

(see the answer key)

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