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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. How does Rod travel from school to home?
(a) Via intercontinental subway.
(b) Via underwater shuttle.
(c) Via rocket ship.
(d) Via tunnels that allow for almost instantaneous transport.

2. What is "Grand Opera?"
(a) Musicals and plays performed by certain students at the settlement.
(b) Sing-alongs held weekly at camp.
(c) The name given by Jimmy to the howling noise made by creatures at night.
(d) The name given by Grant to arguments about politics.

3. What is wrong with Rod and Jack's attempts to find quality human partners according to Jimmy in Chapter 7?
(a) There are no other survivors.
(b) Other survivors would only steal their supplies.
(c) Other survivors might be girls.
(d) The skilled survivors will hear them coming and stay out of sight.

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

5. As described in Chapter 14, how often does the settlement hold square dances?
(a) Every other night.
(b) Once a month.
(c) Once a week.
(d) Nightly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Rod and Jack break the fever of the person they discovered in a tree in Chapter 6?

2. Why, according to Caroline in Chapter 12, can't Bob and Carmen move to a new settlement site anytime soon?

3. Who is Rod's only friend in the survival class?

4. Which student chooses number two in the drawing, for entering the gate to the unknown planet?

5. Why don't Bob and Carmen want to leave with their friends immediately following the elections in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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