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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Rod is frightened by noises during his first night on the unknown planet, what does he try to do?
2. Early in Chapter 4, Rod is no longer interested in the survival exam, but instead interested in what?
3. At the time of the novel, what exists where the Statue of Liberty once stood?
4. After finishing school, Rod hopes to travel where?
5. Where does Rod conceal his sister's knife, in preparation for the final exam?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Rod decide to sleep during his first night on an unknown planet, and what unforeseen difficulty does he experience?
2. How does Rod first encounter a student worthy of partnership?
3. What sort of test does the main character, Rod Walker, contemplate taking at the beginning of "Tunnel in the Sky," and what is his reaction to learning that the test is eminent?
4. What shocking secret does Jimmy reveal to Rod, regarding Jack?
5. Describe the "marching hordes" seen by Rod in Emigrants' Gap.
6. Why is Chapter 6 titled, "I Think He's Dead?"
7. What hunting technique do Rod and Jack develop together?
8. What advice does Deacon Matson give Rod, regarding the final exam?
9. Why has Rod's sister, Helen, returned home to be with the family in Chapter 2?
10. How does Jack finally convince Rod that they are not on Terra?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Main character Rod exhibits a tendency to jump to false conclusions. List other examples of Rod's faulty logic. How does Rod's reputation for jumping to false conclusions influence the other students, when he tries to warn them about the vulnerability of their settlement?
Essay Topic 2
When Grant Cowper campaigns to become Mayor of the student settlement in Chapter 8, he states, "We have no way of knowing...when we will be rescued. It might be tomorrow...It might be our descendants a thousand years from now. But when the main body of our great race reestablishes contact with us, it is up to us, this little group here tonight, whether they find a civilized society...or flea-bitten animals without language, without arts, with the light of reason gone dim...or no survivors at all, nothing but bones picked clean." What strategies does the group devise, to maintain a sense of civilization and to preserve their collective knowledge? What are the necessary components of civilization?
Essay Topic 3
What clues does the author provide as the novel progresses that dopey joes may not be mere harmless, slow, clumsy creatures? What ultimate impact do the dopey joes have on the settlement created by the stranded students? What lesson does Heinlein wish to impart, by showcasing the dramatic changes exhibited by the dopey joes?
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