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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Rod and Roy finally return to the settlement at the end of Chapter 11, who is the first person to spot them?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Caroline.
(c) Cliff.
(d) Shorty.

2. During the wedding at the beginning of Chapter 11, what instrument does Caroline play?
(a) Harmonica.
(b) Reed.
(c) Drum.
(d) Trumpet.

3. Why does Rod insist, at the end of Chapter 13, that the students should stay put rather than move their settlement?
(a) Rod realizes that the cave settlement would be more dangerous to live in than their current settlement.
(b) In honor of Grant, they should domesticate the dopey joes.
(c) Rod is concerned that women and babies would not survive a move.
(d) In honor of Grant, they should refuse to be driven away by dirty little beasts.

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

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

6. Which two students say goodbye to Rod, before they leave through the gate for Terra?
(a) Caroline and Roy.
(b) Jimmy and Jack.
(c) Bob and Carmen.
(d) Jimmy and Caroline.

7. What happens to Grant near the end of Chapter 13?
(a) He is killed by lion-like creatures.
(b) He is struck by a poison dart.
(c) He is banished from the settlement.
(d) He is killed by dopey joes.

8. What information finally convinces Rod to return home in Chapter 15?
(a) If he does not leave now, there will be no gate in the future.
(b) His parents are no longer frozen, and his father has been cured.
(c) Rod's parents are getting a divorce.
(d) His father is about to die.

9. How is Rod injured, near the end of Chapter 13?
(a) He falls in the river.
(b) He is bitten in the leg by a dopey joe.
(c) He burns himself while tending a fire.
(d) He falls out of a tree.

10. When Rod and Roy return from their expedition, what do they find in place of the partially constructed stone wall?
(a) A thornbush barricade.
(b) A bamboo barricade.
(c) A wooden fence with a gate.
(d) A fully constructed stone wall.

11. How is Jack injured early in Chapter 8?
(a) She falls off of a small ledge.
(b) She is kicked in the ribs by a wounded buck.
(c) She is stabbed by an angry student.
(d) She is bitten by a lion-type creature.

12. In Chapter 15, what personal news does Deacon Matson reveal to Rod?
(a) Rod has earned an honorary degree.
(b) He plans to abolish Ramsbotham Gates.
(c) He has decided to settle in Cowpertown.
(d) He has married Rod's sister, Helen.

13. In Chapter 14 when the survivors discuss what they would do if rescue finally comes, who is the only person to say he would return to Terra?
(a) Bob.
(b) Rod.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Roy.

14. Where does Grant want the historian to record the special knowledge of the group?
(a) In the flyleaves of two Testaments, Grant's and Carmen's.
(b) In the flyleaves of two Testaments, Bob's and Georgia's.
(c) In the margins of Webster's Dictionary.
(d) In the margins of the Oxford Verse.

15. What unusual sight do Rod and his companions see on Cliff's farm, in Chapter 15?
(a) A new Ramsbotham Gate.
(b) A group of dopey joes, grazing.
(c) A nova.
(d) A rainbow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Three days downstream on their expedition, Rod and Roy find how many girls in a small cave?

2. In Chapter 8, who is the first person elected to be group leader?

3. As described in Chapter 14, how often does the settlement hold square dances?

4. In Chapter 11 when Rod and Roy attempt to return to their settlement, what injury significantly delays their progress?

5. In Chapter 16 how does Helen respond, when Rod's father asks her to return guardianship to him and Rod's mother?

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