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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which illness does Shevek contract?
(a) Pneumonia
(b) Chicken pox
(c) The measles
(d) The flu

2. What do the scientists think Shevek is looking for when he asks where all the women are?
(a) A sexual partner
(b) A good conversation
(c) A cook
(d) A mother figure

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

4. What does Shevek find does not exist in Urras to the degree he thought it did?
(a) Divorce
(b) Infidelity
(c) Love and understanding
(d) Waste and poverty

5. Who does his nurse turn out to be?
(a) His Grandmother
(b) His brother
(c) His mother
(d) His sister

Short Answer Questions

1. What image does Shevek again have to confront when his mother leaves?

2. Who tends to Shevek while he is aboard the ship?

3. Why does Dr. Kimoe throw Shevek's pajamas in the trash?

4. Which of the following is a scientific theory about which the scientists talk to Shevek?

5. From which world is the language of Lotic?

(see the answer key)

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