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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 Chapter 10 when Peewee, the youngest in the settlement, uses foul language, what does Rod threaten to do?
(a) Banish him from the settlement.
(b) Assign him extra kitchen duties.
(c) Assign him to the sanitation committee.
(d) Wash his mouth out with sand since they have no soap.

2. In Chapter 11 when Rod and Roy attempt to return to their settlement, what injury significantly delays their progress?
(a) Roy breaks his leg.
(b) Rod cracks his ribs.
(c) Rod breaks his leg.
(d) Roy crasks his ribs.

3. During his campaign speech in Chapter 8, what does Grant state is the most important invention of mankind?
(a) Ramsbotham Gates.
(b) Writing.
(c) Government.
(d) The wheel.

4. The historian is chosen based on what criteria?
(a) He has the best writing skills.
(b) She is the only one who has writing paper.
(c) He is the only one who has writing paper.
(d) She has the best writing skills.

5. How old is the other baby in the settlement at the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) One year.
(b) Thirteen months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Sixteen months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the new name given to the settlement, as mentioned early in Chapter 14?

2. In Chapter 14 when the survivors discuss what they would do if rescue finally comes, who is the only person to say he would return to Terra?

3. During the discussion in Chapter 14, why does one person want to return to Terra, should the opportunity arise?

4. Before delivering a marriage certificate to Bob and Carmen, Caroline decorates it with what?

5. Why does Rod initially turn down the position offered to him by Grant in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Under Grant's leadership, how frequently are town meetings held?

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

5. Why do some students in the settlement start to feel disenchanted with Grant's leadership?

6. Why are Rod and Roy slow to return from their expedition?

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

8. The first part of Chapter 11 is told from whose point of view?

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

10. Why does Rod banish Jock and his friends, four older boys, from the colony?

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