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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: Under the Hide.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Chapter 5: Off-World Colony begins, O'Connell discusses an episode of which television show?
(a) Venus.
(b) Mars.
(c) Pluto.
(d) Jupiter.

2. O'Connell recalls looking at what type of object over his son's head while also watching television with him?
(a) A laptop.
(b) A clock.
(c) A tablet.
(d) A phone.

3. What is the last name of the woman named Caroline with whom O'Connell makes friends at the retreat?
(a) Miller.
(b) Stewart.
(c) Ross.
(d) Cowart.

4. Which annual gathering of the Mars Society did O'Connell attend in Los Angeles?
(a) The 16th.
(b) The 45th.
(c) The 13th.
(d) The 21st.

5. Chapter 3: Luxury Survival describes O'Connell's trip to which state?
(a) South Dakota.
(b) Ohio.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Utah.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon seeing an old man dancing in Glendale, O'Connell thinks about a boy he had seen dancing by the river in which state?

2. O'Connell describes arriving at the conclusion that which island was a metaphor for all of earth in the modern age?

3. At what altitude did the compound lie that O'Connell visited during his investigation of luxury apocalyptic dwellings?

4. What new quality does O'Connell ascribe to the modern version of the apocalypse?

5. In what year did O'Connell attend a gathering of the Mars Society at the Pasadena Convention Center?

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