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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Shevek and his friends build?
(a) A house
(b) A prison
(c) A lab
(d) A car

2. About what does Shevek dream?
(a) His teacher
(b) A cornerstone
(c) Urras
(d) Mathematics

3. What does Shedek wake up with on his first day in Urras?
(a) An allergy attack
(b) A hangover
(c) The flu
(d) A dog

4. What planet is Shevek from?
(a) Terra
(b) Urras
(c) Earth
(d) Anarranes

5. With whom does Shedak copulate?
(a) Beshan
(b) Kadagv
(c) Mitis
(d) Nobody

Short Answer Questions

1. What is different about the water taps in Shevek's room?

2. What kind of poor people does Shevek say he sees while driving about?

3. What is Shevek accused of when he tells a joke in physics class?

4. Why does the second officer not trust Shevek?

5. Why is Shevek's arrival such an important occasion?

(see the answer key)

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