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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What hunting technique do Rod and Jack develop in Chapter 7?
(a) Jack drives and Rod kills.
(b) They creep, holding a big net between them.
(c) They take turns chasing and wearing out the animal.
(d) Rod drives and Jack kills.

2. When Rod pins down the boy who butchered the animal he was hunting, what does he ask the boy to do?
(a) Surrender his knife.
(b) Cry pax.
(c) Surrender his gun.
(d) Cry wolf.

3. How does the air pressure of the Grand Canyon plateau compare with that of New Jersey?
(a) The air pressure of the Grand Canyon plateau is less than half as heavy as that in New Jersey.
(b) The air pressure of the Grand Canyon plateau is less than three-quarters as heavy as that in New Jersey.
(c) The air pressure of the Grand Canyon plateau is almost twice as heavy as that in New Jersey.
(d) The air pressure of the Grand Canyon plateau is almost equal to that in New Jersey.

4. What two people arrive near the end of Chapter 7, joining the original three in their new settlement?
(a) Johann and Caroline.
(b) Johann and Carmen.
(c) Bob and Carmen.
(d) Bob and Caroline.

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

6. Why doesn't Rod's father want Rod to leave for his final exam?
(a) He plans to have himself and Rod's mother frozen for twenty years.
(b) He plans to have himself frozen for thirty years.
(c) He plans to have the whole Walker family frozen for twenty years.
(d) He plans to have himself and Rod's mother frozen for thirty years.

7. What sort of entrée does Rod enjoy during his meal at home in Chapter 2?
(a) Tofu, molded in the shape of a chicken drumstick.
(b) Soy meatballs with wheat pasta.
(c) A yeast cutlet, molded to look like a chop.
(d) Turkey patties with bacon.

8. At the beginning of Chapter 4, why does Rod believe he missed the recall signal to go to the exit gate?
(a) He might have been asleep.
(b) He might have miscalculated the direction of sunrise.
(c) He had been unconscious sometimes, laying in a tree, while his arm healed.
(d) His ears were stopped up after swimming in the river.

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

10. In Chapter 7, why do Rod, Jack, and Jimmy decide to start a signal fire?
(a) To attract animals to kill.
(b) To frighten animals.
(c) To attract other survivors.
(d) To warn other survivors to stay away.

11. Once through the gate to the unknown planet, who is the first classmate Rod sees?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Bob.
(c) Caroline.
(d) Johann.

12. At Emigrants' Gap, Rod watches emigrants from the Australasian Republic being sent to a destination planet known as what?
(a) Terra.
(b) Luna.
(c) Liberty Canyon.
(d) Heavenly Mountains.

13. What item does Deacon Matson assure Rod he can leave behind, because he will not need it for the final exam?
(a) His canteen.
(b) His gun.
(c) His vacuum suit.
(d) His snow suit.

14. Where is Rod's family home?
(a) A suburb on Luna.
(b) A neighborhood in New York.
(c) A neighborhood in the Outlands.
(d) A suburb on the Grand Canyon.

15. Students are advised to watch out for what, while visiting the unknown planet?
(a) Deer.
(b) Aliens.
(c) Tigers.
(d) Stobor.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was Dr. Ramsbotham trying to invent when he made his greatest discovery?

4. Who is the instructor for Rod's survival course?

5. How does Jack keep water inside the shelter?

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