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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the women agree to in order to please the men in Chapter 10?
(a) Honeymoon trips.
(b) A voyage out of Herland.
(c) A marriage ceremony.
(d) To open a passage through the cliffs.

2. What aspect of Herland culture has been simplified for the sake of the children?
(a) The coming of age rituals.
(b) The language.
(c) The religious practices.
(d) The way people dress.

3. What is Ellador's job in Herland?
(a) She is a gardener.
(b) She is a childminder.
(c) She is a teacher.
(d) She is a forester.

4. How do the women punish Terry at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) The women banish Terry from Herland.
(b) The women publicly humiliate Terry.
(c) The women lock Terry up in a prison.
(d) The women execute Terry.

5. At the lecture, what kind of girls is Jeff popular with?
(a) The demure girls.
(b) The athletic girls.
(c) The scientifically-minded girls.
(d) The artistic girls.

6. What was the butterfly Ellador caught a danger to?
(a) Obernut trees.
(b) Pom trees.
(c) Silk moths.
(d) Sweet flowers.

7. What are Over Mothers?
(a) Women who supervise the community's children.
(b) Women allowed to have more than one child.
(c) Women who are over seventy years old.
(d) Women who educate young women about motherhood.

8. Who are children raised by after the age of one or two?
(a) By their grandmothers.
(b) By a wise woman in a temple.
(c) By trained child nurses.
(d) By the community.

9. What does Ellador create a chart about?
(a) International geography.
(b) Good health practices.
(c) World religions.
(d) World languages.

10. What is the title of Chapter 11?
(a) Miscommunication.
(b) Our Difficulties.
(c) Our Relations and Theirs.
(d) Happy Marriages.

11. In Chapter 8, how does Vandyke discover the women regard he and his friends?
(a) As a way to re-establish a 'bi-sexual' country.
(b) As unwanted intruders.
(c) As a way to learn about the outside world.
(d) As exchange students.

12. What is the relationship between Moadine and Terry like?
(a) Like mother and son.
(b) Aggressive.
(c) Chilly.
(d) Friendly.

13. In Herland, what is one of the marks of coming of age for a woman?
(a) Having her first child.
(b) Living for one year at a temple.
(c) Cutting her hair short.
(d) Having an additional room added to her suite.

14. What does Terry say is the only thing the women can think of in relation to men?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Fatherhood.
(c) Violence.
(d) Physical labor.

15. Why are food-bearing trees considered better than field crops?
(a) Trees attract birds.
(b) Trees also provide shelter.
(c) Trees produce food year round.
(d) Trees take up less space.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jeff regard the girl who is assigned to court him?

2. What is exceptionally rare in Herland?

3. Who expresses thankfulness at the end of Chapter 10?

4. What does Vandyke note the children in Herland never do?

5. Where does Ellador go for comfort when she is upset in Chapter 10?

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