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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the image that nurse Appu saw in her minds eye that made her laugh
(a) A bear on a unicycle
(b) The pyramids in white cloth
(c) A pedantic teacher on too much caffeine
(d) Their kitten chasing yarn

2. What is SD?
(a) Sexual Discrimination
(b) Self-Determination
(c) Soothing Dialogue
(d) Sensual Dance

3. How does Susila compare the grief of her husband's passing?
(a) Like a black hole that sucks all joy from life
(b) It doesn't hurt after awhile, time heals all
(c) A steady pain, like a penance to remind her of him
(d) Like a phantom limb that hurts even after being amputated

4. How many children were in James and Janet's family?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Six

5. What do the Palanese teach the young ones to engage in that Murugan resisted?
(a) Satanism
(b) Sex
(c) Sodomy
(d) War games

6. What is Dhyana?
(a) Contemplation
(b) Mediation
(c) Relaxation
(d) Vexation

7. What does Will compare his late father to?
(a) An enormous turd
(b) A gentian
(c) A spring sunrise
(d) A water buffalo

8. What does Part 2 state about people?
(a) People who do good deeds are good people and this should be the foundation of their society
(b) That people are stupid and must be shepherded
(c) That people need to be watched at all times for signs of betrayal
(d) People who do good deeds are good people, but people can't be good all the time

9. How long does Dr. Robert say that Will can stay on Pala?
(a) Four months
(b) Six months
(c) Two weeks
(d) One month

10. What does the doctor remind Will to do at 11?
(a) Eat some fruit
(b) Drink his fruit juice
(c) Pack his bags and prepare to leave
(d) Call for the nurse to empty his catheter

11. Why does Radha dislike the Ambassador?
(a) He touched her when she did not want to be touched
(b) He told her she was horrible at her job
(c) He offered her money to sleep with him, she declined, he offered more money
(d) He told her she was insane for believing in the teachings of Palanese people

12. How did Will view people suddenly?
(a) As phantom maggots
(b) As ants
(c) As flies
(d) As apes

13. What is the first culture difference Will perceives on this island?
(a) Children are not coddled for their injuries
(b) Children are given strict penalties for stepping out of line
(c) The civilization is tribal in nature
(d) Children are treated as adults

14. What is the difference between Will and Susila's pain?
(a) Susila still talks to her spouse, Will has come to terms with her death
(b) Will wallows in denial, Susila does not
(c) Will has accepted Molly's death, but Susila hasn't accepted her husbands' death
(d) Susila is healing, Will is wallowing in grief

15. Who finds Will?
(a) Mary and Terrance
(b) Mary and Tom
(c) Maurice and Theresa
(d) Marcie and Theodore

Short Answer Questions

1. What stone figure is sitting by the lotus pool?

2. After Murugan resisted the temptation of the young girl, who did they send?

3. Who is Will's boss?

4. What is the first thing Will does when he wakes up on Pala?

5. What did Molly do as a hobby?

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