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

2. When Rod leaves the settlement with Roy to seek out a better location, who is appointed city manager in his place?

3. In Chapter 11, why does Roy resign his appointed position as the boss hunter?

4. What is the new name given to the settlement, as mentioned early in Chapter 14?

5. Why does Rod initially turn down the position offered to him by Grant in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Grant use the incident between Rod and Jock in Chapter 8 to overthrow Rod from his leadership position?

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

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

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

7. Who stands up for Bob and Carmen during their wedding ceremony?

8. What creature attacks Roy, surprising him?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What important lessons does Rod Walker learn by the end of the novel? How do those lessons reveal and reinforce the novel's main theme? What is the main theme of "Tunnel in the Sky?"

Essay Topic 2

Consider the numerous marriages that take place during "Tunnel in the Sky." What qualities draw these couples together? Why is marriage considered so important in the students' settlement? How does Grant use wedding ceremonies to his advantage, while serving as mayor? Why does Rod never seem to consider finding a wife?

Essay Topic 3

How does Robert A. Heinlein explain the technology involved in Ramsbotham Gates? How did the personality of the inventor, Dr. Jesse Evelyn Ramsbotham, as described in Chapter 2, lead to the invention of tunnel travel? How did the invention of tunnel travel transform the world of "Tunnel in the Sky?"

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