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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Will view people suddenly?
(a) As flies
(b) As phantom maggots
(c) As apes
(d) As ants

3. What is Dhyana?
(a) Contemplation
(b) Relaxation
(c) Mediation
(d) Vexation

4. How did Will see Molly?
(a) As a Sister of Mercy
(b) As a sweet and dear friend
(c) As a Wife of Love
(d) As a good Catholic woman

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the major trouble for Pala?

3. Who does Will have an affair with?

4. What does the Rani believe about herself?

5. How does Will view his sexual relationship to Babs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference between a Wife of Love and a Sister of Mercy?

2. How does Will view sex addicts and how is it viewed on Pala?

3. Before Andrew went to Pala, what were his ambitions?

4. Define the term "mother" in Palanese terms.

5. What seems so foreign about the way the people of Pala deal with fear?

6. What are practices of James and Janet MacPhail on their children that would be outlawed today?

7. In what major way do the doctors of Pala and the doctors of the rest of the world differ?

8. What does nurse Radha say the correct way of going about treating someone is?

9. Why was Will never interested in power? Quote from the text.

10. Why does Ambassador Bahu believe that Pala needs to change?

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