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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. What unit of currency does Rod spend while watching the travelers at Emigrants' Gap?
(a) Terra half-dollars.
(b) Luna dollars.
(c) Half-pluton coins.
(d) Bedlovian coins.

2. How does the air pressure of the Grand Canyon plateau compare with that of New Jersey?
(a) The air pressure of the Grand Canyon plateau is almost twice as heavy as that in New Jersey.
(b) The air pressure of the Grand Canyon plateau is less than three-quarters as heavy as that in New Jersey.
(c) The air pressure of the Grand Canyon plateau is less than half as heavy as that in New Jersey.
(d) The air pressure of the Grand Canyon plateau is almost equal to that in New Jersey.

3. One of the two new arrivals at the end of Chapter 7 has what injury?
(a) A sprained ankle.
(b) A wounded arm and a fever.
(c) A broken leg.
(d) A minor concussion.

4. Why has Rod's father made such an unusual decision, as described in Chapter 2?
(a) Rod's father is bankrupt, and he hopes his finances will improve while he is frozen.
(b) Rod's mother is dying, and he hopes a cure will be found while she is frozen.
(c) Rod's father believes that being frozen is a vital religious ritual.
(d) Rod's father is dying, and he hopes a cure will be found while he is frozen.

5. What does Jack use as an alarm, to warn of intruders in the shelter?
(a) A small fire at the entrance.
(b) Dry branches of thorn bush, draped across the entrance.
(c) Water at the entrance.
(d) Gravel in the entrance.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rod travel from school to home?

2. Before Rod leaves for his exam, Helen reminds him that more people have died from what than from bleeding to death?

3. In Chapter 2, what sort of lamp does Mr. Walker light before dinner?

4. Early in Chapter 6, what does Rod accuse Jack of stealing?

5. What is the religion of the Walker family?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the invention of Dr. Jesse Evelyn Ramsbotham, as compared with the item he intended to invent.

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

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

4. List several ways in which the futuristic Earth of "Tunnel in the Sky" differs from our present-day planet.

5. Which students does Rod consider taking as a partner for his final exam, and why does he ultimately reject each?

6. Why do Rod, Jack, and Jimmy decide to signal other students to join their group?

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

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

9. At the end of Chapter 7, who joins Rod, Jack, and Jimmy in their cave settlement?

10. What advice does Deacon Matson give Rod, regarding the final exam?

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