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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. After the men's attempted escape, what do the women do?
(a) Put a guard in the room with the men.
(b) Feed the men only once a day.
(c) Ban the men from playing games.
(d) Light up the gardens at night.

2. What movement are the author's works linked to by Ann J. Lane?
(a) The environmental movement.
(b) The feminist movement.
(c) The abolitionist movement
(d) The civil rights movement.

3. What does Lane say the author considered herself to be?
(a) A humanist.
(b) A reformist.
(c) A humorist.
(d) A feminist.

4. In the women's society, how is cultural growth achieved?
(a) Through conquering new territories.
(b) Through competition.
(c) Through divine inspiration.
(d) Through cooperation.

5. How did the women's society become physically closed off from the outside world?
(a) A flood.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) A rockslide.
(d) A volcanic eruption.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the men awake in Chapter 3?

2. What does Vandyck believe is the men's best hope for freedom?

3. What do Alima, Celis and Ellador give the men in Chapter 4?

4. What food do the men pick from a tree?

5. What does Vandyck note about the clothing that they are wearing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the women get the men to admit about keeping dogs as pets?

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

3. Where do the women take the explorers after they reach the town center? What happens when the men try to fight the women?

4. What is Social Darwinism?

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

6. What do the men see from the plane in Chapter 1?

7. After the anesthesia wears off, where do the men awake in Chapter 3?

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

9. Why did Gilman take her own life?

10. What is awaiting the men when they awake and leave their room in Chapter 3?

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