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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. Where does Grant want the historian to record the special knowledge of the group?
(a) In the margins of the Oxford Verse.
(b) In the flyleaves of two Testaments, Bob's and Georgia's.
(c) In the margins of Webster's Dictionary.
(d) In the flyleaves of two Testaments, Grant's and Carmen's.

2. What is "Grand Opera?"
(a) Sing-alongs held weekly at camp.
(b) The name given by Jimmy to the howling noise made by creatures at night.
(c) Musicals and plays performed by certain students at the settlement.
(d) The name given by Grant to arguments about politics.

3. The doors to the abandoned cave dwellings discovered by Rod and Roy are how tall?
(a) No higher than a man's chest.
(b) Seven to ten feet.
(c) No higher than a man's knee.
(d) Three to five inches.

4. 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) Second the motion to demand a constitution.
(b) Demand a new election.
(c) Make a motion to adjourn.
(d) Create a diversion.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 12, upon Rod's return from his expedition what change does he notice in Grant?
(a) Grant looks much older.
(b) Grant has shaved off his beard.
(c) Grant has a long ponytail.
(d) Grant has a broken leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which resident of the colony is the first to become pregnant?

2. What does Jack plan to give to Bob and Carmen as a wedding present?

3. In Chapter 8, why does Rod suggest building a stone wall?

4. The historian is chosen based on what criteria?

5. Which two students say goodbye to Rod, before they leave through the gate for Terra?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Rod and Caroline clash the first time they try to hunt together?

2. Who finally convinces Rod to return home to Earth?

3. Why do Bob and Carmen ask to wait a day when their friends consider abandoning Grant's rule and forming a new colony?

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

5. Why, according to Caroline, is Carmen unable to relocate to a new place?

6. What happens to Grant during the dopey joes' aggressive period?

7. What two characters on Earth were married while Rod and his friends are stranded on the unknown planet?

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

9. How does Grant use the incident between Rod and Jock in Chapter 8 to overthrow Rod from his leadership position?

10. During a square dance in Chapter 14, what do almost all of the students say they would do if rescuers come?

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