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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) Lady Macbeth.
(b) Mack the Knife.
(c) Colonel Bowie.
(d) Bluebeard.

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

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

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

5. What sort of gun does Rod obtain from the school armorer, prior to leaving Earth for his final exam?
(a) A Thunderbolt.
(b) A Pluton Flare.
(c) None.
(d) A needle gun with poison pellets.

6. What is the invention of Dr. Jesse Evelyn Ramsbotham?
(a) The Ramsbotham Gate.
(b) The Terra Tunnel.
(c) The Bedlow Gap.
(d) The Lunar Gate.

7. In Chapter 45 what planet does Rod believe he and Jack are living on?
(a) Mars.
(b) A new Outlands planet.
(c) Terra.
(d) Luna.

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

9. What, according to Rod's instructor, is the most dangerous animal known?
(a) An alien.
(b) The snow ape.
(c) Man.
(d) The leopard.

10. 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 almost equal to that in New Jersey.
(b) The air pressure of the Grand Canyon plateau is almost twice as heavy as that in New Jersey.
(c) The air pressure of the Grand Canyon plateau is less than half as heavy as that in New Jersey.
(d) The air pressure of the Grand Canyon plateau is less than three-quarters as heavy as that in New Jersey.

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

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

13. What does Rod's sister call their father?
(a) Dad.
(b) Pater.
(c) Father Walker.
(d) Roderick.

14. What is the religion of the Walker family?
(a) Quaker.
(b) Lunism.
(c) Evangelical Monist.
(d) New Baptist.

15. Who is the instructor for Rod's survival course?
(a) Doctor Garcia.
(b) Doctor Throxton.
(c) Deacon Matson.
(d) Deacon Baxter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the beginning of Chapter 6, Rod jokes that Jack is jealous of what?

3. What element is needed to power the transport tunnels?

4. What is Helen's nickname for Rod?

5. What piece of equipment does Rod use to help him sleep securely during his first night on the unknown planet?

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