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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. Why do the tutors say the men are being held captive?
(a) Because they were violent when they first arrived.
(b) Because outsiders cannot be trusted.
(c) Because they tried to abduct a girl from a tree.
(d) Because men are not welcome in the country.

2. What do the men not see while flying over the female society's land?
(a) Roadways.
(b) People.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Houses.

3. What does Terry note about the women who meet the men in the center of town?
(a) The women are larger than the men are.
(b) The women look angry.
(c) The women are beautiful.
(d) The women are over forty.

4. Why does Terry lament not catching the girl in the tree?
(a) She could have warned the men not to go to town.
(b) Terry thought she was beautiful.
(c) She could have been used as a hostage.
(d) She could have convinced the women to let the men go.

5. How is the language spoken by the girls described?
(a) As sing-songy.
(b) As similar to English.
(c) As harsh-sounding.
(d) As musical.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the author's childhood described in the foreword?

2. What do Vandyck and his fellow explorers share an interest in?

3. What concept are the women said to be unfamiliar with in Chapter 5?

4. What does Terry believe women are incapable of?

5. What name does Terry apply to the elder women?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the men discover when the find their plane in Chapter 4?

2. What was the theme of Gilman's work, "The Yellow Wallpaper"?

3. What does Somel explain about animals in her country?

4. Why did Gilman believe it was important for women to take a role in society?

5. Briefly describe Vandyck and his two friends.

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

7. In the past, what happened to all of the men in the women's society?

8. Describe how the men orchestrate their escape in Chapter 3.

9. What do the men note about the town in Chapter 2?

10. What was Gilman's childhood like?

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