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

3. How does Will feel about his marooning on Pala?
(a) He feels desolate as he is stuck there
(b) He feels lonely, as no one shares his life views here
(c) He is angry at the plane for crash landing him on Pala
(d) He is lucky, that is where he had to go anyway

4. Why does Will think that Joe Aldehyde gave him a job?
(a) He was fond of Will
(b) He was pleased with his work
(c) He befriended Will
(d) He was fond of Molly

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

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

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

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

9. What is the first word(s) Will hears when he wakes up?
(a) Attention
(b) Hey you! Wake up!
(c) Good Morning
(d) Hello

10. What is the difference between Will and Susila's pain?
(a) Will has accepted Molly's death, but Susila hasn't accepted her husbands' death
(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 wallows in denial, Susila does not

11. How did Molly feel when she found out about the affair?
(a) She loved him still, despite everything
(b) She filed for divorce and sued him
(c) She told him that she hated him and never wanted to see him again
(d) She hit him and screamed at him

12. Why didn't Rachel satisfy Will?
(a) She was too openly loving to will in the presence of Molly
(b) She was always consumed with her artistry
(c) She insisted he divorce Molly
(d) She would refuse him sexually

13. What does Appu's lover think of her mental state?
(a) She is slightly crazy
(b) She's a closet psychotic
(c) She is abnormally sane
(d) She is completely neurotic

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

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