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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the other baby in the settlement at the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) Two years.
(b) One year.
(c) Thirteen months.
(d) Sixteen months.

2. What major decision do the students vote to make near the end of Chapter 13 while Rod is unconscious from his injuries?
(a) They elect Rod as the new mayor.
(b) They elect Caroline as the new mayor.
(c) They vote to stay in their current settlement.
(d) They vote to domesticate and raise dopey joes.

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

4. Why don't Bob and Carmen want to leave with their friends immediately following the elections in Chapter 8?
(a) Carmen has an injured ankle.
(b) Bob has a ribcage injury.
(c) They wish to be married in a proper civil ceremony, since a mayor has that authority.
(d) They want to give the new mayor a chance.

5. What is the new name given to the settlement, as mentioned early in Chapter 14?
(a) Grant's Farm.
(b) Cowpertown.
(c) Joeville.
(d) Walkertown.

6. What committee is Jack appointed to under Grant's new government?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Food preparation.
(c) Waste disposal and camp sanitation.
(d) Constitution, codification, and organization.

7. Who does Jack decide to marry?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Caroline.
(c) Grant.
(d) Rod.

8. In Chapter 8, who is the first person elected to be group leader?
(a) Arthur.
(b) Rod.
(c) Grant.
(d) Caroline.

9. Why does Bob order Rod to avoid heavy work and sleep on his stomach, after Rod's argument with Jock in Chapter 8?
(a) He has been knifed in the ribs.
(b) He has fallen off of a small ledge.
(c) He has been punched in the stomach.
(d) He has been hit by a poison dart.

10. Before delivering a marriage certificate to Bob and Carmen, Caroline decorates it with what?
(a) Cherubs and hearts.
(b) Flowers and butterflies.
(c) Butterflies and dragonflies.
(d) Flowers and turtle doves.

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

12. Who nominates Caroline to be the group's first mayor in Chapter 8?
(a) Rod.
(b) Grant.
(c) Jack.
(d) Jimmy.

13. In Chapter 10 when Peewee, the youngest in the settlement, uses foul language, what does Rod threaten to do?
(a) Banish him from the settlement.
(b) Assign him extra kitchen duties.
(c) Wash his mouth out with sand since they have no soap.
(d) Assign him to the sanitation committee.

14. When Rod and Roy reach the downstream end of the river on their expedition, what do they find?
(a) A series of cave dwellings and an ocean.
(b) A series of cave dwellings and a desert.
(c) A desert and a beach of bleached bones.
(d) A dead sea and a beach of bleached bones.

15. As Chapter 14 opens, how old is Carmen and Bob's baby?
(a) Thirteen months.
(b) One month.
(c) Sixteen months.
(d) Two years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack plan to give to Bob and Carmen as a wedding present?

2. How is Jack injured early in Chapter 8?

3. Which member of the settlement is an aspiring medical student?

4. Who arrives on the unknown planet along with Deacon Matson, to convince Rod to return home?

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

(see the answer keys)

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