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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. Where does Grant want the historian to record the special knowledge of the group?
(a) In the margins of the Oxford Verse.
(b) In the flyleaves of two Testaments, Grant's and Carmen's.
(c) In the flyleaves of two Testaments, Bob's and Georgia's.
(d) In the margins of Webster's Dictionary.

2. As Chapter 14 opens, how old is Carmen and Bob's baby?
(a) Thirteen months.
(b) Two years.
(c) Sixteen months.
(d) One month.

3. During an evening meeting in Chapter 10, who stands up and demands information regarding a constitution and bill of rights?
(a) Rod.
(b) Caroline.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Shorty.

4. What aspect of the students' newly formed government mirrors racism and discrimination in America?
(a) Grant appoints boys to the most important positions, shutting out the girls.
(b) Grant appoints students of his ethnic background to the most important positions, shutting out the others.
(c) Grant appoints his college friends to the most important positions, shutting out the younger students.
(d) Grant denies younger students and females the right to vote.

5. During the discussion in Chapter 14, why does one person want to return to Terra, should the opportunity arise?
(a) He misses cornflakes.
(b) He wants to find a wife.
(c) He wants to attend medical school, then come back to Cowpertown.
(d) He wants to see his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14 when the survivors discuss what they would do if rescue finally comes, who is the only person to say he would return to Terra?

2. Who nominates Caroline to be the group's first mayor in Chapter 8?

3. Who is selected to lead the group meeting in Chapter 8, during which a leader will be elected?

4. What is Rod doing, in the final scene in the final chapter of "Tunnel in the Sky?"

5. When Rod and Roy reach the downstream end of the river on their expedition, what do they find?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Rod and Caroline clash the first time they try to hunt together?

2. Why are Rod and Roy slow to return from their expedition?

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

4. What vote do the students make while Rod is recovering from the dopey joe attack?

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

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

7. Why do some students in the settlement start to feel disenchanted with Grant's leadership?

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

9. Under Grant's leadership, how frequently are town meetings held?

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

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