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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. Which of the original three survivors loses most often at their nightly games?
(a) The three are evenly matched.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) Jack.
(d) Rod.

2. What element is needed to power the transport tunnels?
(a) Cadmium.
(b) Uranium.
(c) Calcium.
(d) Plutonium.

3. After finishing school, Rod hopes to travel where?
(a) The Australasian Republic.
(b) Luna.
(c) The Outlands.
(d) The Heavenly Mountains.

4. Early in Chapter 4, Rod is no longer interested in the survival exam, but instead interested in what?
(a) Determining what planet he is on.
(b) Being with his family.
(c) Survival.
(d) Discovering stobor.

5. What sort of gun does Rod obtain from the school armorer, prior to leaving Earth for his final exam?
(a) None.
(b) A needle gun with poison pellets.
(c) A Thunderbolt.
(d) A Pluton Flare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unit of currency does Rod spend while watching the travelers at Emigrants' Gap?

2. Why does Rod's friend consider dropping out of the survival course?

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

4. At Emigrants' Gap, Rod watches emigrants from the Australasian Republic being sent to a destination planet known as what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Which students does Rod consider taking as a partner for his final exam, and why does he ultimately reject each?

2. Who does the "dead" student in the tree turn out to be?

3. Why does Helen advise Rod not to carry a gun during his survival final exam on an unknown planet?

4. Where does Rod decide to sleep during his first night on an unknown planet, and what unforeseen difficulty does he experience?

5. What strange sound prevents Rod from sleeping comfortably during his first night on the unknown planet?

6. Where has Rod's new partner, Jack, been sleeping?

7. What hunting technique do Rod and Jack develop together?

8. What advice does Deacon Matson give Rod, regarding the final exam?

9. Why does Deacon Matson fail several students before they even start their final exam?

10. How does Rod first encounter a student worthy of partnership?

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