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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Shanta send Tom to talk to Vijaya?
(a) To take consolation from the big man
(b) To speak with him about his mother
(c) Vijaya is everything Tom likes to imagine he is
(d) To lend Vijaya a hand

2. Who does Will leave with?
(a) The Rani
(b) Mary
(c) Susila
(d) Murugan

3. What is the name of the play that Mary likes?
(a) Cats in Pala
(b) Romeo and Juliet
(c) Oedipus in Pala
(d) King Lear in Pala

4. What is Murugan looking at that he shouldn't have been?
(a) A Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalogue
(b) Pornography
(c) A book on "Waging War in a Modern World"
(d) A book entitled "Taking over the world, in three easy steps!"

5. What does Shiva-Nataraja do?
(a) Rules completely
(b) Dances through planes of existence
(c) Plays a drum
(d) Demands obedience

6. Who is one of Murugan's heroes?
(a) George Bush
(b) Saddam Hussein
(c) Adolph Hitler
(d) Fidel Castro

7. How did Will feel before he had met Molly?
(a) Indifferent
(b) Stifled by loneliness
(c) Free and at peace
(d) Happily oblivious

8. What is capable in a very deep trance?
(a) Clear meditation
(b) Levitation
(c) Time distortion
(d) Accurate Clairvoyance

9. Vijaya compares himself to what animal?
(a) A tiger
(b) A bear
(c) A kitten
(d) A gorilla

10. What two physical traits does Shanta say her baby will possess?
(a) He will be intelligent and chubby
(b) He will be endomorphic and viscerotonic
(c) He will be athletic and toned
(d) He will be tall and lean

11. Who is Muchalinda?
(a) The King of Spiders
(b) The King of Sweden
(c) The King of Snakes
(d) The King of Tigers

12. How old is the baby Shanta is nursing?
(a) Thirteen months
(b) Eighteen months
(c) Eight months
(d) Six months

13. What do the two people request of Shanta?
(a) To walk with them to Susila's
(b) To come and have dinner with them
(c) To talk to their mother
(d) To go immediately to see Dr. Robert

14. What makes Murugan glow with enthusiasm?
(a) An Italian style motor scooter
(b) A Russian prototype grenade launcher
(c) A German engineered tank
(d) An Italian Style coupe speedster

15. What things are responsible for the mirage of happiness?
(a) Toys, pills and non-stop distractions
(b) Food, drugs, and television
(c) Self delusion, denial and self depreciation
(d) Technology and gadgetry

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to alert Susila about Lakshmi?

2. What are the scarecrows?

3. Where does Will want to go in the morning?

4. What is the primary focus of Palanese education?

5. Who picks Will up?

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