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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. Three days downstream on their expedition, Rod and Roy find how many girls in a small cave?
(a) Seven.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

2. During the wedding at the beginning of Chapter 11, what instrument does Caroline play?
(a) Reed.
(b) Harmonica.
(c) Trumpet.
(d) Drum.

3. What is the new name given to the settlement, as mentioned early in Chapter 14?
(a) Cowpertown.
(b) Grant's Farm.
(c) Joeville.
(d) Walkertown.

4. 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?
(a) Bob.
(b) Arthur.
(c) Rod.
(d) Roy.

5. Early in Chapter 14, Caroline complains about whose lack of sanitation?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Bruce and his wife.
(c) Bob and Carmen.
(d) Cliff.

Short Answer Questions

1. The title of Chapter 12 is a quote from which character?

2. What aspect of the students' newly formed government mirrors racism and discrimination in America?

3. What does Jimmy give to Bob and Carmen as a wedding present?

4. In Chapter 13, what catastrophic event is triggered by the strange new behavior of the dopey joes?

5. What object signifies a vote for Grant?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does Rod think the students should move their colony?

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

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

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

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

7. What creature attacks Roy, surprising him?

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

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

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

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