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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 does Vijaya predict the average IQ will be on Pala in a century?
(a) One hundred twenty
(b) One hundred fifteen
(c) Two hundred
(d) Ninety eight

2. How many years before the rest of the world did Palanese figure out AI?
(a) Thirty
(b) Twenty
(c) Ten
(d) Fourty

3. How did Will view Aunt Mary's love?
(a) Like a perpetually blooming flower
(b) As a kind of physical radiation
(c) It was chokingly powerful
(d) Quiet and serene, like a slow moving river

4. What does Dr. Robert believe will be a major political issue when Murugan comes of age?
(a) Scooters
(b) Oil refinement
(c) Shooters
(d) Industrialization

5. What does Will describe the Moksha-medicine experience as?
(a) Maddening anger
(b) Luminous bliss
(c) Encroaching darkness
(d) Deepening sorrow

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the painter Will took an interest in?

2. What does their mushroom medicine take the biggest toll on?

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

4. What is the title of the book Murugan is reading in Chapter 10?

5. What was significant about Gobind's grandmother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the most dangerous element to recognize in children and why is it the most dangerous?

2. How does the Rani perceive Palanese education?

3. What is the idea behind repetition in a religious nature?

4. What, in Shanta's words, makes Pala a nice place? Repeat in your own words.

5. How are animals treated on Pala versus the rest of the world?

6. What does Will notice about the differences between Lakshmi and Aunt Mary?

7. Why do the Palanese accept the use of symbolism in religion, though don't encourage it?

8. What is Shanta's opinion in regards to snakes and snakebites?

9. What does Will tell Susila on impulse and how does he expect her to react?

10. What does Will say about what Colonel Dipa will bring to the island?

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