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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Savage and Chapter 5, The Nova.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At Emigrants' Gap, Rod watches emigrants from the Australasian Republic being sent to a destination planet known as what?
(a) Luna.
(b) Terra.
(c) Liberty Canyon.
(d) Heavenly Mountains.

2. Why doesn't Rod's father want Rod to leave for his final exam?
(a) He plans to have himself and Rod's mother frozen for twenty years.
(b) He plans to have the whole Walker family frozen for twenty years.
(c) He plans to have himself frozen for thirty years.
(d) He plans to have himself and Rod's mother frozen for thirty years.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 4, why does Rod believe he missed the recall signal to go to the exit gate?
(a) He had been unconscious sometimes, laying in a tree, while his arm healed.
(b) He might have been asleep.
(c) His ears were stopped up after swimming in the river.
(d) He might have miscalculated the direction of sunrise.

4. Before Rod leaves for his exam, Helen reminds him that more people have died from what than from bleeding to death?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Old age.
(c) Worry.
(d) Disease.

5. What rare treat does Jack share with Rod during their first meal together?
(a) Salt.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Oregano.
(d) Pepper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about Rod Walker's family home, as compared with newer homes in the area?

2. In what condition is the first classmate Rod sees on the unknown planet?

3. In Chapter 5, why does Jack disagree with Rod's opinion about what planet they are on?

4. Where is Rod's family home?

5. How much meat does Jack want to take, when the two are ready to part ways?

(see the answer key)

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