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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Early in Chapter 6, what does Rod accuse Jack of stealing?
(a) His vest and shirt.
(b) Colonel Bowie.
(c) His salt.
(d) Lady Macbeth.

2. What is the name of Jack's personal knife?
(a) Colonel Bowie.
(b) Bluebeard.
(c) Lady Macbeth.
(d) Jack Sparrow.

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

4. Where is Rod's school located?
(a) Luna.
(b) New York.
(c) The Outlands.
(d) The Grand Canyon.

5. How do Rod and Jack break the fever of the person they discovered in a tree in Chapter 6?
(a) They pinch his ear lobe to partially revive him, then give him roasted liver and water.
(b) They pinch his ear lobe to partially revive him, then give him medicine and water.
(c) They bathe him with water, then take turns talking to him to keep him alert.
(d) They pour water on his face to revive him, then give him medicine.

6. What is the final exam for Rod's class, "Advanced Survival"?
(a) Competitions in marksmanship and hunting.
(b) Survival on an unknown planet for two to ten days.
(c) A three-part written test.
(d) Group survival in the Heavenly Mountains.

7. What unit of currency does Rod spend while watching the travelers at Emigrants' Gap?
(a) Half-pluton coins.
(b) Luna dollars.
(c) Terra half-dollars.
(d) Bedlovian coins.

8. What, according to Rod's instructor, is the most dangerous animal known?
(a) The snow ape.
(b) Man.
(c) The leopard.
(d) An alien.

9. What is Helen's nickname for Rod?
(a) Ruddy.
(b) Deacon.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Pater.

10. In Chapter 2, Rod's sister Helen has come home from where?
(a) The Amazon.
(b) The Australasian Republic.
(c) The Heavenly Mountains.
(d) Luna.

11. What item does Deacon Matson assure Rod he can leave behind, because he will not need it for the final exam?
(a) His vacuum suit.
(b) His gun.
(c) His snow suit.
(d) His canteen.

12. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what does Rod believe caused his fever?
(a) Four long, imperfectly healed scratches on his left arm.
(b) Two long, imperfectly healed scratches on his right arm.
(c) Three long, imperfectly healed scratches on his right arm.
(d) Three long, imperfectly healed scratches on his left arm.

13. When Rod pins down the boy who butchered the animal he was hunting, what does he ask the boy to do?
(a) Cry wolf.
(b) Surrender his knife.
(c) Cry pax.
(d) Surrender his gun.

14. In Chapter 2, what sort of lamp does Mr. Walker light before dinner?
(a) Asian sconces.
(b) A plutonium lantern.
(c) A Peace Lamp.
(d) A lunar reflector.

15. What was Dr. Ramsbotham trying to invent when he made his greatest discovery?
(a) A time machine.
(b) A virtual travel viewer.
(c) A transport tunnel.
(d) A cure for cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, Jack asks Rod to abandon being logical in favor of being what?

2. Why does Deacon Matson flunk four students before the exam begins?

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

4. Which of the original three survivors loses most often at their nightly games?

5. What hunting technique do Rod and Jack develop in Chapter 7?

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