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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 16, after his return home, Rod's inability to adjust to normal life leads him to seek advice from whom?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Deacon Matson.
(c) Helen.
(d) Caroline.

2. What does Jack plan to give to Bob and Carmen as a wedding present?
(a) A water skin.
(b) A stew pan.
(c) Two needles and some thread.
(d) A deck of cards.

3. In Chapter 8 Arthur Nielson proposes that the group's new leader should be chosen by what principle, rather than by popular vote?
(a) Rigorous scientific criteria.
(b) The student from the wealthiest family should lead.
(c) A lottery.
(d) The eldest student should lead.

4. Under Grant's leadership, who is appointed as the historian of the group?
(a) Jack.
(b) Caroline.
(c) Carmen.
(d) Roy.

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

6. As described in Chapter 14, how often does the settlement hold square dances?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Once a month.
(c) Nightly.
(d) Every other night.

7. Who takes Jack's place on Rod's hunting team in Chapter 8 after Jack is injured?
(a) Caroline.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) Carmen.
(d) Roy.

8. 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) Cliff.
(c) Shorty.
(d) Caroline.

9. In Chapter 14, who disobeys Rod's order to go to work?
(a) Bruce.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) Roy.
(d) Cliff.

10. In Chapter 10, what position does Grant ask Rod to assume after Rod insists that changes must be made?
(a) Historian.
(b) Chief of police.
(c) Mayor.
(d) Assistant administrator.

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

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

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

14. In Chapter 13, what catastrophic event is triggered by the strange new behavior of the dopey joes?
(a) A frantic migration.
(b) A water shortage.
(c) Cave-ins where they dug too many burrows.
(d) Destruction of trees.

15. Why does Rod become angry during his first hunting expedition with a partner other than Jack?
(a) Rod's partner kills without Rod's help, rather than driving the animal toward him.
(b) Rod's partner is too noisy, warning animals of their approach.
(c) Rod's partner chases animals away, saving them from being killed by Rod.
(d) Rod's partner complains too much and was lazy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what injury is suffered by Mick?

2. Who are the best man and maid of honor at the wedding of Bob and Carmen?

3. Where does Grant want the historian to record the special knowledge of the group?

4. How much time off from guard duty does Grant give to Bob in Chapter 10 because he is newly married?

5. During the upheaval following a student's demand for a constitution at the evening meeting in Chapter 10, what does Rod ask Jimmy to do?

(see the answer keys)

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