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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. Who explains to Rob why the students were not picked up at the scheduled end of their final exam?
(a) A media crew.
(b) Deacon Matson.
(c) Caroline.
(d) A dopey joe.

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

3. In Chapter 8 Arthur Nielson proposes that the group's new leader should be chosen by what principle, rather than by popular vote?
(a) The student from the wealthiest family should lead.
(b) A lottery.
(c) The eldest student should lead.
(d) Rigorous scientific criteria.

4. What change had been made to guard duty in Rod's absence, as described in Chapter 13?
(a) Guard duty has been reduced to one man per shift.
(b) Guard duty has been reduced to one man per day.
(c) Guard duty has been eliminated.
(d) Guard duty has been increased to three men per shift.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the other baby in the settlement at the beginning of Chapter 14?

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

3. During his expedition with Rod in Chapter 11, why does Roy kill a dopey joe?

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

5. In Chapter 16 how does Helen respond, when Rod's father asks her to return guardianship to him and Rod's mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What vote do the students make while Rod is recovering from the dopey joe attack?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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