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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The title of Chapter 12 is a quote from which character?
(a) Jack.
(b) Caroline.
(c) Grant.
(d) Roy.
2. Where is the settlement's new constitution written?
(a) In the flyleaves of two Testaments, Bob's and Georgia's.
(b) In the margins of the Oxford Verse.
(c) In the margins of Webster's Dictionary.
(d) In the flyleaves of two Testaments, Grant's and Carmen's.
3. 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 more defensible place to move the colony.
(c) Ore.
(d) A better salt lick.
4. Who protests and tries to turn down the job when nominated to be the group's first mayor in Chapter 8?
(a) Grant.
(b) Rod.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Caroline.
5. How does Mick sustain his injury in Chapter 13?
(a) He falls out of a tree.
(b) He is beaten by another student.
(c) He is attacked by a lion-like creature.
(d) He is attacked by a dopey joe.
6. Where does Grant want the historian to record the special knowledge of the group?
(a) In the margins of Webster's Dictionary.
(b) In the flyleaves of two Testaments, Grant's and Carmen's.
(c) In the flyleaves of two Testaments, Bob's and Georgia's.
(d) In the margins of the Oxford Verse.
7. Who nominates Caroline to be the group's first mayor in Chapter 8?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Rod.
(c) Grant.
(d) Jack.
8. When Rod and Roy return from their expedition, what do they find in place of the partially constructed stone wall?
(a) A bamboo barricade.
(b) A wooden fence with a gate.
(c) A fully constructed stone wall.
(d) A thornbush barricade.
9. In Chapter 13, what catastrophic event is triggered by the strange new behavior of the dopey joes?
(a) Destruction of trees.
(b) A water shortage.
(c) A frantic migration.
(d) Cave-ins where they dug too many burrows.
10. As explained in Chapter 10, why does Rob believe one man should not stand alone on guard duty?
(a) He could get jittery or fall asleep.
(b) He could get jittery and fire recklessly.
(c) He could get bored and leave his post.
(d) He might try to skip his shift.
11. 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.
12. Who arrives on the unknown planet along with Deacon Matson, to convince Rod to return home?
(a) Deacon Matson's son.
(b) Rod's parents.
(c) Rod's sister, Helen.
(d) Teachers from the other three schools whose students were stranded.
13. The doors to the abandoned cave dwellings discovered by Rod and Roy are how tall?
(a) Three to five inches.
(b) Seven to ten feet.
(c) No higher than a man's chest.
(d) No higher than a man's knee.
14. Why does Rod insist, at the end of Chapter 13, that the students should stay put rather than move their settlement?
(a) Rod is concerned that women and babies would not survive a move.
(b) In honor of Grant, they should refuse to be driven away by dirty little beasts.
(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.
15. When Rod leaves the settlement with Roy to seek out a better location, who is appointed city manager in his place?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Arthur.
(c) Caroline.
(d) Cliff.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 10, what position does Grant ask Rod to assume after Rod insists that changes must be made?
2. Before delivering a marriage certificate to Bob and Carmen, Caroline decorates it with what?
3. What change had been made to guard duty in Rod's absence, as described in Chapter 13?
4. What object signifies a vote for Arthur?
5. What does Jimmy give to Bob and Carmen as a wedding present?
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