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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 committee is Jack appointed to under Grant's new government?
(a) Waste disposal and camp sanitation.
(b) Constitution, codification, and organization.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Food preparation.

2. Why don't Bob and Carmen want to leave with their friends immediately following the elections in Chapter 8?
(a) Bob has a ribcage injury.
(b) Carmen has an injured ankle.
(c) They wish to be married in a proper civil ceremony, since a mayor has that authority.
(d) They want to give the new mayor a chance.

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

4. As Chapter 14 opens, how old is Carmen and Bob's baby?
(a) Sixteen months.
(b) Thirteen months.
(c) One month.
(d) Two years.

5. How is the first part of Chapter 11 different from the rest of the novel?
(a) It is written in first person, from Jack's journal.
(b) It is written in first person, as Caroline's diary.
(c) It is written in third person, from Caroline's point of view.
(d) It is written in third person, from Grant's point of view.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Caroline's inventory, how many fishhooks does the settlement possess?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 12, upon Rod's return from his expedition what change does he notice in Grant?

3. 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?

4. What object signifies a vote for Arthur?

5. The historian is chosen based on what criteria?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 9 how does Grant use the wedding of Bob and Carmen to his advantage?

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

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

5. Why don't students want to relocate to the caves Rod and Roy discovered?

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

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

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

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

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

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