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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, Civilization, Chapter 15, In Achilles' Tent, and Chapter 16, The Endless Road.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the full name of Grant, as shown on the memorial slab in the village square?
(a) Ulysses S. Cowper.
(b) Ulysses Grant Cowper.
(c) Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) Grant S. Cowper.

2. In Chapter 8, what is Grant's theory as to why Jock would not listen to Rod?
(a) Jock is older than Rod.
(b) Jock will not listen to anyone.
(c) Jock wants to be the group leader.
(d) Rod is not an elected official.

3. What does Rod eat for dinner his first night on the unknown planet?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A pack of jerky.
(c) A handful of berries.
(d) A brick of field ration.

4. Why does Rod insist, at the end of Chapter 13, that the students should stay put rather than move their settlement?
(a) Rod is concerned that women and babies would not survive a move.
(b) In honor of Grant, they should refuse to be driven away by dirty little beasts.
(c) In honor of Grant, they should domesticate the dopey joes.
(d) Rod realizes that the cave settlement would be more dangerous to live in than their current settlement.

5. What sort of writing does the historian use for taking notes, that Grant cannot read?
(a) Shorthand.
(b) Cursive.
(c) Latin.
(d) Spanish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object signifies a vote for Arthur?

2. What rare treat does Jack share with Rod during their first meal together?

3. In Chapter 45 what planet does Rod believe he and Jack are living on?

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

5. In Chapter 13, what catastrophic event is triggered by the strange new behavior of the dopey joes?

(see the answer key)

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