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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 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) Rod.
(b) Roy.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Bob.

2. What does Jimmy give to Bob and Carmen as a wedding present?
(a) Two needles and some thread.
(b) A deck of cards.
(c) A water skin.
(d) A stew pan.

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

4. Which two students say goodbye to Rod, before they leave through the gate for Terra?
(a) Caroline and Roy.
(b) Bob and Carmen.
(c) Jimmy and Caroline.
(d) Jimmy and Jack.

5. In Chapter 13 what do Grant and Roy build to try and save their settlement during the catastrophic event?
(a) Additional thornbush barriers.
(b) A dam across the river.
(c) A guard shack on stilts.
(d) A ring of fire around the camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what injury is suffered by Mick?

2. What object signifies a vote for Arthur?

3. Why does Bob order Rod to avoid heavy work and sleep on his stomach, after Rod's argument with Jock in Chapter 8?

4. Early in Chapter 14, Caroline complains about whose lack of sanitation?

5. What change had been made to guard duty in Rod's absence, as described in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What demands does Rod make of Grant in Chapter 10, before agreeing to serve as his city manager?

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

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

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 Rod and Roy embark on an expedition downstream from their settlement?

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

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

8. In Chapter 10, why is Caroline appointed historian for the settlement?

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

10. What do Grant and Rod build in an attempt to protect their camp from the stampeding animals?

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