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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. How does Will feel about his marooning on Pala?
(a) He is lucky, that is where he had to go anyway
(b) He feels lonely, as no one shares his life views here
(c) He feels desolate as he is stuck there
(d) He is angry at the plane for crash landing him on Pala

2. What was the image that nurse Appu saw in her minds eye that made her laugh
(a) A pedantic teacher on too much caffeine
(b) The pyramids in white cloth
(c) Their kitten chasing yarn
(d) A bear on a unicycle

3. What did Molly do as a hobby?
(a) She baked
(b) She knitted
(c) She sewed
(d) She painted

4. What is the first thing Will does when he wakes up on Pala?
(a) He sits up and examines himself for injuries
(b) He immediately begins work on a spear
(c) Recounts his late wife's death
(d) Surveys his surroundings and makes a mental note of what he has

5. How do the people of Pala suggest he conquer his fear?
(a) By pushing it to the back of his mind and not thinking about it
(b) By facing his fear and repeating the action that made him feel it
(c) By recounting his story until he no longer fears it
(d) By acting it out for a tribe of people

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Susila compare children to?

2. What do the Palanese teach the young ones to engage in that Murugan resisted?

3. What does she compare her mother to?

4. What was the first thing the poem reminded him of?

5. What is the first culture difference Will perceives on this island?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a MAC?

2. How does Will initially react to the death of his wife?

3. What is the difference between a Wife of Love and a Sister of Mercy?

4. How does Will view sex addicts and how is it viewed on Pala?

5. Why is it seem to be impure to sleep with a woman to the Rani?

6. How do the Palanese keep from feeling despair when reading about history?

7. In what major way do the doctors of Pala and the doctors of the rest of the world differ?

8. What intrigues Will about Murugan?

9. What strikes fear into Will's heart?

10. What are practices of James and Janet MacPhail on their children that would be outlawed today?

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