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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. Who explains to Rob why the students were not picked up at the scheduled end of their final exam?
(a) A media crew.
(b) Caroline.
(c) A dopey joe.
(d) Deacon Matson.

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

3. During the upheaval following a student's demand for a constitution at the evening meeting in Chapter 10, what does Rod ask Jimmy to do?
(a) Demand a new election.
(b) Create a diversion.
(c) Make a motion to adjourn.
(d) Second the motion to demand a constitution.

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

5. What aspect of the students' newly formed government mirrors racism and discrimination in America?
(a) Grant appoints boys to the most important positions, shutting out the girls.
(b) Grant appoints students of his ethnic background to the most important positions, shutting out the others.
(c) Grant denies younger students and females the right to vote.
(d) Grant appoints his college friends to the most important positions, shutting out the younger students.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, who is the first person elected to be group leader?

2. During an evening meeting in Chapter 10, who stands up and demands information regarding a constitution and bill of rights?

3. In Chapter 12 why are many students, including Grant, less than enthusiastic about moving to the caves Rod and Roy have discovered?

4. Who are the best man and maid of honor at the wedding of Bob and Carmen?

5. Who is selected to lead the group meeting in Chapter 8, during which a leader will be elected?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of the novel, what is Rod doing?

2. What does Deacon Matson finally define as a stobor?

3. What do Rod and Roy discover, as far downstream as they can go?

4. A strange migration of what creatures threatens the students' settlement?

5. Why do Rod and Roy embark on an expedition downstream from their settlement?

6. When rescuers arrive, who is the only student who refuses to return home?

7. Who stands up for Bob and Carmen during their wedding ceremony?

8. What vote do the students make while Rod is recovering from the dopey joe attack?

9. Early in Chapter 8, how is Jack injured?

10. Who becomes the first elected mayor of the student settlement in Chapter 8?

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