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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 fruit does Susila compare Nirvana to?
(a) A banana
(b) A pear
(c) A supermandarine
(d) A supermango

2. What religious word is mentioned throughout Chapter 10?
(a) Shivayawnishma
(b) Shivayanama
(c) Shivapanama
(d) Shivabanama

3. How did Will feel the moment Molly died?
(a) Remorseful that his actions had caused her death
(b) Relieved that he could truly be with Babs
(c) Elated and grateful that he was free of their marriage
(d) Indifferent to her suffering and death

4. What lands on the altar in the service?
(a) A feather
(b) A grey bird with a crimson head
(c) A brightly colored beetle
(d) A Mynah bird

5. What do the Palanese do about individuality?
(a) They assess and classify them
(b) All of the below
(c) They teach others to respect each other's differences
(d) They integrate individuality into acceptance

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Will remember that hurts him so much from his childhood?

2. What did Will's teachers try to do about people's differences?

3. Who is one of Murugan's heroes?

4. What does Vijaya predict the average IQ will be on Pala in a century?

5. What should Murugan have been studying?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Mrs. Narayan is a justified optimist.

2. What is the difference between the Palanese use of Pavlovian conditioning versus the rest of the world?

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

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

5. What does Will notice about the women on the island?

6. What are the differences between what Will remembers about the Oedipus play and what Mary recounts?

7. How does the Rani perceive Palanese education?

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

9. Why does Murugan believe that the people of Pala won't accept the lure of consumer goods?

10. What is Will's incarnation of evil?

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