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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vandyck smell after the men are taken into custody in Chapter 2?
(a) Anaesthesia.
(b) Perfume.
(c) Gasoline.
(d) Smoke.

2. Why do the tutors say the men are being held captive?
(a) Because they tried to abduct a girl from a tree.
(b) Because men are not welcome in the country.
(c) Because they were violent when they first arrived.
(d) Because outsiders cannot be trusted.

3. What do the men figure out they will be doing at the tables?
(a) Drawing maps of the outside world.
(b) Studying the local language.
(c) Playing games.
(d) Writing letters to their families.

4. What intrigues Vandyck as he and his party travel upstream in Chapter 1?
(a) The guides' conversations.
(b) The high cliffs that surround them.
(c) The color of the water.
(d) Something that sounds like yelling coming from the jungle.

5. What do Alima, Celis and Ellador give the men in Chapter 4?
(a) Food.
(b) A map.
(c) Knives.
(d) A matchbook.

6. What does Terry suppose the women of an all-female society would be like?
(a) Untrusting and timid.
(b) Sweet and gentle.
(c) Jealous and competitive.
(d) Hard-working and serious.

7. What are Vandyck, Terry and Jeff prepared to do if they find there are men in the all-female society?
(a) Return with a larger exploratory party.
(b) Run away.
(c) Defend themselves.
(d) Offer the men money.

8. What does Terry note about the women who meet the men in the center of town?
(a) The women are larger than the men are.
(b) The women look angry.
(c) The women are over forty.
(d) The women are beautiful.

9. What impresses Jeff upon waking in Chapter 3?
(a) That they are still alive.
(b) That they haven't seen any men yet.
(c) That the women did not harm them.
(d) That the room he is in is so warm.

10. What does Terry NOT offer the women in the town center?
(a) A rhinestone circlet.
(b) A jewelled crown.
(c) A collection of gold coins.
(d) A scarf.

11. In the past, what reduced the population of the women's society?
(a) War.
(b) Emigration.
(c) Plague.
(d) Famine.

12. Which of the men's personal effects is missing when they awake in Chapter 3?
(a) Their clothes.
(b) Their books.
(c) Their toiletries.
(d) Their money.

13. How is the author's childhood described in the foreword?
(a) As ideal.
(b) As difficult.
(c) As happy.
(d) As violent.

14. What did the author complete before her death?
(a) Her first novel.
(b) A university lecture tour.
(c) A study of women in the workplace.
(d) Her autobiography.

15. What is Vandyck's surname?
(a) Jenkins.
(b) Johnson.
(c) James.
(d) Jennings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Terry think of the local games?

2. How many years does Somel say their society has been without men?

3. What surprises the explorers about the women in town?

4. What is Jeff's profession?

5. What is characteristic of the village that the men see?

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