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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. What is the name of Rod's knife?
(a) Colonel Bowie.
(b) Mack the Knife.
(c) Lady Macbeth.
(d) Bluebeard.

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

3. Where is Rod's family home?
(a) A suburb on the Grand Canyon.
(b) A neighborhood in the Outlands.
(c) A suburb on Luna.
(d) A neighborhood in New York.

4. Why does Rod arrive late for his final exam?
(a) He overslept.
(b) He had written down the time incorrectly.
(c) He considered dropping the class.
(d) His parents tried to prevent his departure.

5. Rod's friend jokes that their survival instructor would eat what, without salt?
(a) Another human being.
(b) A snow ape.
(c) A leopard.
(d) His own grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What piece of equipment does Rod use to help him sleep securely during his first night on the unknown planet?

3. On the unknown planet, from which direction does the sun rise?

4. What sort of gun does Rod obtain from the school armorer, prior to leaving Earth for his final exam?

5. What sort of outerwear does Rod plan to take with him, for the survival test?

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