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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 16, after his return home, Rod's inability to adjust to normal life leads him to seek advice from whom?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Helen.
(c) Deacon Matson.
(d) Caroline.

2. How much time off from guard duty does Grant give to Bob in Chapter 10 because he is newly married?
(a) Four weeks.
(b) Ten days.
(c) Four days.
(d) Two weeks.

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

4. In Chapter 8, who is the first person elected to be group leader?
(a) Rod.
(b) Caroline.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Grant.

5. Who invents a method for hollowing out bamboo to make pipes?
(a) Rod, known as Roddie.
(b) Jimmy, known as the Joker.
(c) Arthur, known as Waxie.
(d) Grant, known as Hizzoner.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what is Grant's theory as to why Jock would not listen to Rod?

2. As Chapter 14 opens, how old is Carmen and Bob's baby?

3. Who protests and tries to turn down the job when nominated to be the group's first mayor in Chapter 8?

4. What nickname does Caroline have for Grant, as revealed in Chapter 11?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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