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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 final exam for Rod's class, "Advanced Survival"?
(a) Survival on an unknown planet for two to ten days.
(b) A three-part written test.
(c) Competitions in marksmanship and hunting.
(d) Group survival in the Heavenly Mountains.

2. The doors to the abandoned cave dwellings discovered by Rod and Roy are how tall?
(a) No higher than a man's chest.
(b) Three to five inches.
(c) Seven to ten feet.
(d) No higher than a man's knee.

3. Who do Rod and Jack discover in a tree in Chapter 6?
(a) Carmen.
(b) Bob.
(c) Johann.
(d) Jimmy.

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

5. Which resident of the colony is the first to become pregnant?
(a) Caroline.
(b) Sue.
(c) Jack.
(d) Carmen.

Short Answer Questions

1. At Emigrants' Gap, Rod watches emigrants from the Australasian Republic being sent to a destination planet known as what?

2. What revelation does Jimmy make at the end of Chapter 6 regarding Jack that shocks Rod?

3. In Chapter 15, what personal news does Deacon Matson reveal to Rod?

4. The historian is chosen based on what criteria?

5. How does Rod travel from school to home?

(see the answer key)

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