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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is/are Murugan's top prioritie(s) as ruler of Pala?
(a) To turn Pala into a tourist trap
(b) Militarization and industrialization
(c) To find a way to persuade people to his will
(d) To establish a dictatorship and become rich

2. What does she compare her mother to?
(a) An over exuberant two year old
(b) An overpaid model
(c) An underpaid care giver
(d) A permanent invasion to one's privacy

3. What does Mr. Bahu say the plague of the twentieth century is?
(a) AIDS
(b) The Gray Life
(c) Cancer
(d) Tuberculosis

4. Who was the person Appu had always loved and who loved her?
(a) Dr. MacPhail
(b) Ranga
(c) Will
(d) Murugan

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

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

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

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

9. What religion did the MacPhails start out as?
(a) Judaist
(b) Catholic
(c) Hindu
(d) Calvanist

10. How many reasons does Ranga have to dislike Mr. Badu?
(a) Five
(b) Six
(c) Two
(d) Four

11. 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 Dipa
(d) Colonel Dirksa

12. What was the habit the old Raja couldn't break?
(a) Anointing a phallic symbol with melted butter
(b) Praying to Krishna
(c) Picking his nose
(d) Stuttering

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

14. What is Will's perception of the relationship between Murugan and Dipa?
(a) That Dipa and Murugan are planning an assault on a neighboring island
(b) That they are lovers
(c) That Dipa associates with children
(d) That Murugan is selling out his people

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children were in James and Janet's family?

2. What is the first culture difference Will perceives on this island?

3. Why did the waves of invasion pass Pala by?

4. Why was Will headed to Pala?

5. What was it that made Appu fall head over heels for Murugan?

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