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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what condition is the first classmate Rod sees on the unknown planet?
(a) Dead, along with another student.
(b) Frightened, hiding in a tree.
(c) Wounded, along with his dog.
(d) Dead, along with his dog.

2. What, according to Rod's instructor, is the most dangerous animal known?
(a) An alien.
(b) The snow ape.
(c) Man.
(d) The leopard.

3. Which of the original three survivors loses most often at their nightly games?
(a) Rod.
(b) The three are evenly matched.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Jack.

4. Where does Rod conceal his sister's knife, in preparation for the final exam?
(a) In his mess kit.
(b) In a hip holster.
(c) Under a bandage on his leg.
(d) In his vest pack.

5. What is the religion of the Walker family?
(a) Lunism.
(b) Quaker.
(c) New Baptist.
(d) Evangelical Monist.

Short Answer Questions

1. At Emigrants' Gap, Rod watches emigrants from the Australasian Republic being sent to a destination planet known as what?

2. What number does Rod draw, for entering the gate to the unknown planet?

3. Once through the gate to the unknown planet, who is the first classmate Rod sees?

4. What does Rod's sister call their father?

5. What element is needed to power the transport tunnels?

Short Essay Questions

1. Rod's refusal to let go of misguided theories reveals what about his character?

2. How does Rod first encounter a student worthy of partnership?

3. Why does Helen advise Rod not to carry a gun during his survival final exam on an unknown planet?

4. Who does the "dead" student in the tree turn out to be?

5. What unusual phenomenon do Jack and Rod see in the sky at the end of Chapter 5, in addition to the pentagonal constellation?

6. Who does Rod finally agree to partner with, before traveling through the gate to an unknown planet?

7. How does Jack finally convince Rod that they are not on Terra?

8. Why has Rod's sister, Helen, returned home to be with the family in Chapter 2?

9. What sort of test does the main character, Rod Walker, contemplate taking at the beginning of "Tunnel in the Sky," and what is his reaction to learning that the test is eminent?

10. What hunting technique do Rod and Jack develop together?

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