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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Bahu keep trying to convince Will about?
(a) How evil the island truly is
(b) The legitimacy of his heritage
(c) The importance of investing young
(d) The futility of Pala's continued way of life

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

3. Pala was what when Andrew and the Raja were reinventing it?
(a) A military power
(b) Forbidden
(c) A sub continent
(d) A subservient nation

4. Who wrote the poem that Will found in the book?
(a) Dugald MacPhail
(b) Dr. MacPhail
(c) Radha Appu
(d) Susila MacPhail

5. What dialect of English did the Palanese have?
(a) British
(b) Wales
(c) Cockney
(d) American

6. Why did the waves of invasion pass Pala by?
(a) Pala has no harbor
(b) Pala is shrouded by deadly reefs
(c) Pala has no trade
(d) Pala has no military

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

8. How does Will arrive on the island?
(a) He went there for a vacation
(b) He is there studying the fauna
(c) He crash landed there and was pulled from the plane wreckage
(d) He was marooned by shipwreck

9. How many months did it take Babs to tire of Will?
(a) Three
(b) Four
(c) Eight
(d) Six

10. Where did Will meet Babs?
(a) At a bar when he was alone and drowning his sorrows
(b) On another island getaway he took from his wife
(c) On a plane while he was on his way to Africa
(d) At a strip club when he was there with Rachel

11. What folly were the Raja and Andrew contemplating for the people of Pala?
(a) The folly of Kant
(b) The folly of Nietsche
(c) The folly of Demosthenes
(d) The folly of Blake

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

13. Why was Will headed to Pala?
(a) To introduce western culture to the indigenous people there
(b) To find himself
(c) To document and take pictures of rare species of birds
(d) To pave the way to the rich oil deposits there

14. Will meets the young man destined to be leader of Pala in the company of what man?
(a) Mr. Wellington
(b) Mr. Stoffers
(c) Colonel Dirksa
(d) Colonel Dipa

15. What is the first food Will eats on Pala?
(a) Fish
(b) A coconut
(c) A pineapple
(d) A banana

Short Answer Questions

1. What is/are Murugan's top prioritie(s) as ruler of Pala?

2. How did Will view people suddenly?

3. What is the major trouble for Pala?

4. How many passes did it take Andrew MacPhail to put the Raja to sleep?

5. What does Part 2 state about people?

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