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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The title of Chapter 12 is a quote from which character?
(a) Roy.
(b) Caroline.
(c) Grant.
(d) Jack.

3. During the luau celebrating the return of Rod and Roy, what new utensil does Margery give Rod to use?
(a) A spoon.
(b) A spatula.
(c) A fork.
(d) A mug.

4. 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 married Rod's sister, Helen.
(d) He has decided to settle in Cowpertown.

5. How much time off from guard duty does Grant give to Bob in Chapter 10 because he is newly married?
(a) Four days.
(b) Four weeks.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Ten days.

6. After agreeing to cooperate with Grant in Chapter 10, Rod asks to lead a search party to find what?
(a) A watering hole.
(b) A better salt lick.
(c) Ore.
(d) A more defensible place to move the colony.

7. When Rod leaves the settlement with Roy to seek out a better location, who is appointed city manager in his place?
(a) Arthur.
(b) Caroline.
(c) Cliff.
(d) Jimmy.

8. In Chapter 16 how does Helen respond, when Rod's father asks her to return guardianship to him and Rod's mother?
(a) "Not unless Roddie consents."
(b) She agrees.
(c) She storms out of the room.
(d) "Not unless Buddy consents."

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. Early in Chapter 14, Caroline complains about whose lack of sanitation?
(a) Bruce and his wife.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) Bob and Carmen.
(d) Cliff.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who explains to Rob why the students were not picked up at the scheduled end of their final exam?

2. The doors to the abandoned cave dwellings discovered by Rod and Roy are how tall?

3. What object signifies a vote for Grant?

4. What change had been made to guard duty in Rod's absence, as described in Chapter 13?

5. Why does Rod initially turn down the position offered to him by Grant in Chapter 10?

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