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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. Why does Rod's instructor try to discourage him from taking the final exam?
(a) He believes Rod is too emotional and sentimental to be a survivor.
(b) He wants Rod to stay home with his family.
(c) He wants Rod to take the class again before attempting the final exam.
(d) He believes Rod is too cocky and unfeeling to be a survivor.

2. On the unknown planet, from which direction does the sun rise?
(a) Northwest.
(b) East.
(c) Southeast.
(d) North.

3. Where does Rod's new friend, Jack, live?
(a) In an underground burrow.
(b) In a tree.
(c) In a cave.
(d) In the brush.

4. What element is needed to power the transport tunnels?
(a) Cadmium.
(b) Calcium.
(c) Uranium.
(d) Plutonium.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the two new arrivals at the end of Chapter 7 has what injury?

2. In what condition is the first classmate Rod sees on the unknown planet?

3. Which of the original three survivors loses most often at their nightly games?

4. When Rod pins down the boy who butchered the animal he was hunting, what does he ask the boy to do?

5. What wondrous spectacle do Rod and Jack witness at the end of Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What strange sound prevents Rod from sleeping comfortably during his first night on the unknown planet?

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

5. Why is Chapter 2 titled, "The Fifth Way?"

6. What shocking secret does Jimmy reveal to Rod, regarding Jack?

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

8. Why is Chapter 6 titled, "I Think He's Dead?"

9. Describe the "marching hordes" seen by Rod in Emigrants' Gap.

10. Where does Rod decide to sleep during his first night on an unknown planet, and what unforeseen difficulty does he experience?

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