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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 does Jeff imagine an all-female society would be like?
(a) Disorganized.
(b) Creative.
(c) Unproductive.
(d) Harmonious.

2. What is Jeff's surname?
(a) Milton.
(b) Matthews.
(c) Mortimer.
(d) Margrave.

3. After the men's attempted escape, what do the women do?
(a) Put a guard in the room with the men.
(b) Light up the gardens at night.
(c) Ban the men from playing games.
(d) Feed the men only once a day.

4. What is covering the plane when the men find it?
(a) A wire net.
(b) A thin layer of snow.
(c) A tough material.
(d) A sticky tree sap.

5. What does Jeff NOT note a lack of in the town?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Animals.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Noise.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the language spoken by the girls described?

2. What does Ellador indicate to the men through hand gesture?

3. Where did the author live with her second husband for twenty-two years?

4. How did the women's society become physically closed off from the outside world?

5. What do the men not see while flying over the female society's land?

Short Essay Questions

1. What impresses Jeff after he has awoken in Chapter 3?

2. What do the three men suppose an all-female society would be like?

3. What does Vandyke lament at the beginning of the story? Why does Vandyck refuse to reveal the location of the country he speaks of?

4. Briefly describe Vandyck and his two friends.

5. What does the fragment of cloth that is found in the water indicate to the explorers?

6. What do the men notice about the forest that they walk through in Chapter 2?

7. Who do the men meet while walking through the forest in Chapter 2?

8. What punishment do the men receive for their escape attempt?

9. Why did Gilman take her own life?

10. After the anesthesia wears off, where do the men awake in Chapter 3?

(see the answer keys)

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