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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. Three days downstream on their expedition, Rod and Roy find how many girls in a small cave?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

2. In Chapter 13, what injury is suffered by Mick?
(a) A broken leg.
(b) Cracked ribs.
(c) A badly chewed foot.
(d) A concussion.

3. What change had been made to guard duty in Rod's absence, as described in Chapter 13?
(a) Guard duty has been increased to three men per shift.
(b) Guard duty has been reduced to one man per day.
(c) Guard duty has been reduced to one man per shift.
(d) Guard duty has been eliminated.

4. Early in Chapter 14, Caroline complains about whose lack of sanitation?
(a) Bruce and his wife.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) Bob and Carmen.
(d) Cliff.

5. In Chapter 16 how does Helen respond, when Rod's father asks her to return guardianship to him and Rod's mother?
(a) She storms out of the room.
(b) "Not unless Roddie consents."
(c) "Not unless Buddy consents."
(d) She agrees.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rod insist, at the end of Chapter 13, that the students should stay put rather than move their settlement?

2. What committee is Jack appointed to under Grant's new government?

3. Why does Rod banish Jock and his friends from camp?

4. Which resident of the colony is the first to become pregnant?

5. During the wedding at the beginning of Chapter 11, what instrument does Caroline play?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Bob and Carmen ask to wait a day when their friends consider abandoning Grant's rule and forming a new colony?

2. Where does Rod think the students should move their colony?

3. What does Deacon Matson finally define as a stobor?

4. What do Rod and Roy discover, as far downstream as they can go?

5. When rescuers arrive, who is the only student who refuses to return home?

6. How does Grant use the incident between Rod and Jock in Chapter 8 to overthrow Rod from his leadership position?

7. What happens to Grant during the dopey joes' aggressive period?

8. At the end of the novel, what is Rod doing?

9. Why does Rod banish Jock and his friends, four older boys, from the colony?

10. Who finally convinces Rod to return home to Earth?

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