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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Rod is hit over the head and robbed in Chapter 3, what items does he have left?
(a) His shorts, his knife, and field rations.
(b) His shorts.
(c) His shorts and his sister's knife.
(d) His knife, his sister's knife, and a canteen.

2. What is the name of Jack's personal knife?
(a) Jack Sparrow.
(b) Lady Macbeth.
(c) Bluebeard.
(d) Colonel Bowie.

3. One of the two new arrivals at the end of Chapter 7 has what injury?
(a) A wounded arm and a fever.
(b) A broken leg.
(c) A minor concussion.
(d) A sprained ankle.

4. Why does Rod's friend consider dropping out of the survival course?
(a) He is afraid.
(b) He plans to change schools.
(c) His family has financial difficulties.
(d) He has the flu.

5. In Chapter 2, Rod's sister Helen has come home from where?
(a) The Amazon.
(b) Luna.
(c) The Heavenly Mountains.
(d) The Australasian Republic.

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

7. Where is Rod's school located?
(a) The Outlands.
(b) New York.
(c) Luna.
(d) The Grand Canyon.

8. What is the name of Rod's knife?
(a) Colonel Bowie.
(b) Lady Macbeth.
(c) Mack the Knife.
(d) Bluebeard.

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

10. Rod is informed that the exit gate from his final exam will be where?
(a) As much as twenty kilometers in the direction of sunset.
(b) As much as thirty kilometers in the direction of sunrise.
(c) As much as ten kilometers in the direction of sunset.
(d) As much as twenty kilometers in the direction of sunrise.

11. What is Helen's greatest wish, for which she would give up her career?
(a) Six babies and a farm.
(b) A new career as a teacher.
(c) Two babies and a picket fence.
(d) Travel to the Outlands.

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

13. Why does Helen advise Rod not to carry a gun during his survival test?
(a) Carrying a gun, he might forget that he is the hunted, not the hunter.
(b) Rod could be disqualified if his gun were discovered by his instructor.
(c) Guns don't work in all atmospheres and gravitational fields.
(d) Other students will gang up on him and steal it.

14. What is the name of Helen's knife?
(a) Lady Macbeth.
(b) Bluebeard.
(c) Colonel Bowie.
(d) Mack the Knife.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of outerwear does Rod plan to take with him, for the survival test?

2. Why does one of the new arrivals burst into tears when arriving at the shelter at the end of Chapter 7?

3. Why doesn't Rod's father want Rod to leave for his final exam?

4. What does Dr. Ramsbotham's invention allow people to do?

5. Why does Rod arrive late for his final exam?

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