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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What piece of equipment does Rod use to help him sleep securely during his first night on the unknown planet?
(a) A protective plexiglass dome.
(b) A sleeping bag.
(c) A hammock.
(d) Mosquito netting.

4. How does Jack keep water inside the shelter?
(a) A small stream trickles through.
(b) In a well.
(c) In a skin.
(d) In a canteen.

5. What new signal do Rod, Jack, and Jimmy create in Chapter 7 when they move their signal fire?
(a) A signal flag made from Jack's shirt.
(b) A signal flag made from Jack's pants.
(c) A signal flag made from Rod's shorts.
(d) A signal flag made from Jimmy's shirt.

6. After finishing school, Rod hopes to travel where?
(a) Luna.
(b) The Outlands.
(c) The Australasian Republic.
(d) The Heavenly Mountains.

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

8. What unit of currency does Rod spend while watching the travelers at Emigrants' Gap?
(a) Terra half-dollars.
(b) Half-pluton coins.
(c) Luna dollars.
(d) Bedlovian coins.

9. In Chapter 5, why does Jack disagree with Rod's opinion about what planet they are on?
(a) The plants on this planet would not survive on the planet Rod suggests.
(b) The stars on this planet are unlike those seen from Earth.
(c) The animals on this planet are unlike those on Terra.
(d) This planet is much larger than the planet Rod suggests.

10. On the unknown planet, from which direction does the sun rise?
(a) Northwest.
(b) Southeast.
(c) North.
(d) East.

11. What is unusual about Rod Walker's family home, as compared with newer homes in the area?
(a) The Walkers' home features an above-ground living room.
(b) The Walkers' home is adjacent to a transport tunnel.
(c) The Walkers' home is larger than most.
(d) The Walkers' home contains a bomb shelter.

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

13. Early in Chapter 6, what does Rod accuse Jack of stealing?
(a) Lady Macbeth.
(b) Colonel Bowie.
(c) His salt.
(d) His vest and shirt.

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

15. Before Rod leaves for his exam, Helen reminds him that more people have died from what than from bleeding to death?
(a) Worry.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Disease.
(d) Old age.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What two people arrive near the end of Chapter 7, joining the original three in their new settlement?

3. What does Rod eat for dinner his first night on the unknown planet?

4. In Chapter 1, how does Rod describe his classmate, Caroline?

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

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