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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What is Helen's greatest wish, for which she would give up her career?
(a) Six babies and a farm.
(b) A new career as a teacher.
(c) Travel to the Outlands.
(d) Two babies and a picket fence.

3. Who do Rod and Jack discover in a tree in Chapter 6?
(a) Johann.
(b) Carmen.
(c) Bob.
(d) Jimmy.

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

5. Why does Deacon Matson flunk four students before the exam begins?
(a) They arrived with vacuum suits.
(b) They had missed too many days of class.
(c) They planned to cheat.
(d) They tried to bribe him for a passing grade.

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

7. Where does Rod's new friend, Jack, live?
(a) In a cave.
(b) In the brush.
(c) In an underground burrow.
(d) In a tree.

8. Who is the instructor for Rod's survival course?
(a) Deacon Baxter.
(b) Doctor Garcia.
(c) Deacon Matson.
(d) Doctor Throxton.

9. In Chapter 5, why does Jack disagree with Rod's opinion about what planet they are on?
(a) The plants on this planet would not survive on the planet Rod suggests.
(b) This planet is much larger than the planet Rod suggests.
(c) The stars on this planet are unlike those seen from Earth.
(d) The animals on this planet are unlike those on Terra.

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

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

12. Where does Rod conceal his sister's knife, in preparation for the final exam?
(a) In his vest pack.
(b) In his mess kit.
(c) Under a bandage on his leg.
(d) In a hip holster.

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

14. How does Rod travel from school to home?
(a) Via underwater shuttle.
(b) Via intercontinental subway.
(c) Via rocket ship.
(d) Via tunnels that allow for almost instantaneous transport.

15. Who is Rod's only friend in the survival class?
(a) Jimmy Throxton.
(b) John Matson.
(c) Caroline Mshiyeni.
(d) Bob Baxter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does one of the new arrivals burst into tears when arriving at the shelter at the end of Chapter 7?

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

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

4. What two people arrive near the end of Chapter 7, joining the original three in their new settlement?

5. What is the planned duration of Rod's survival test?

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