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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unusual about Rod Walker's family home, as compared with newer homes in the area?
(a) The Walkers' home is adjacent to a transport tunnel.
(b) The Walkers' home features an above-ground living room.
(c) The Walkers' home contains a bomb shelter.
(d) The Walkers' home is larger than most.

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

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

4. What number does Rod draw, for entering the gate to the unknown planet?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Seven.

5. What two people arrive near the end of Chapter 7, joining the original three in their new settlement?
(a) Johann and Caroline.
(b) Johann and Carmen.
(c) Bob and Caroline.
(d) Bob and Carmen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What wondrous spectacle do Rod and Jack witness at the end of Chapter 5?

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

3. How many moons does the unknown planet have, according to Jack?

4. Who do Rod and Jack discover in a tree in Chapter 6?

5. What does Dr. Ramsbotham's invention allow people to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Rod believe he and the other students have been abandoned?

2. What shocking secret does Jimmy reveal to Rod, regarding Jack?

3. At the end of Chapter 7, who joins Rod, Jack, and Jimmy in their cave settlement?

4. Rod's refusal to let go of misguided theories reveals what about his character?

5. Describe the "marching hordes" seen by Rod in Emigrants' Gap.

6. What unusual phenomenon do Jack and Rod see in the sky at the end of Chapter 5, in addition to the pentagonal constellation?

7. Why is Chapter 6 titled, "I Think He's Dead?"

8. Who does Rod finally agree to partner with, before traveling through the gate to an unknown planet?

9. Describe the invention of Dr. Jesse Evelyn Ramsbotham, as compared with the item he intended to invent.

10. Why do Rod, Jack, and Jimmy decide to signal other students to join their group?

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