2. Why does Radha dislike the Ambassador?
(a) He told her she was horrible at her job
(b) He touched her when she did not want to be touched
(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

3. What does Dipa want to do with Pala?
(a) Blow it up
(b) Absorb it into his Greater Rendang
(c) Get to know the culture
(d) Exploit its people

4. What does the boy gesture to Will?
(a) To get up and get out
(b) To come with him
(c) To fornicate himself
(d) To act as though they've never met

5. What does Susila do for Will?
(a) Brings him tea and scones
(b) Talks about her trip to France
(c) Talks him into a trance-like sleep
(d) Commiserates on the death of their spouses

6. Where had Dr. Robert gone?
(a) France
(b) Shizasuram
(c) England
(d) Shivapuram

7. Why does the Rani want to sell the oil to Southeast Petroleum?
(a) They are offering the best price
(b) They have offered to industrialize Pala free of charge
(c) They will give all the money to charity
(d) She knows the owner, Joe Aldehyde

8. How does Appu think that American doctors view their patients?
(a) As sources of early retirement
(b) As though they have only a mouth and an anus
(c) As walking money bags
(d) People are either patients or potential patients, there are no healthy people

9. Why is Pala unpopular?
(a) It has no military
(b) Its perceived to be promiscuous
(c) It is neither communist or capitalist
(d) It practices freedom of self

10. How often does mail leave the island?
(a) Twice a week
(b) Every second day
(c) Once every two weeks
(d) Once a week

11. What to the Palanese is a sex addict?
(a) A normal human being
(b) A person of fair psychosis
(c) A person addict, or lovers
(d) A criminal

12. What brought this view of humanity on?
(a) A Discovery channel show
(b) Himself as the product of his parents
(c) He witnessed a murder
(d) His nightmares

13. What is the major trouble for Pala?
(a) The rising tides
(b) Colonel Dipa
(c) Murugans' inauguration
(d) The Rani's spirituality

14. After Murugan resisted the temptation of the young girl, who did they send?
(a) An older woman
(b) A middle aged goat
(c) A young boy
(d) A councillor

15. What was the first thing the poem reminded him of?
(a) His mismanaged life
(b) A summer holiday in Switzerland
(c) His dead wife
(d) A winter holiday in Thailand