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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the difference between Will and Susila's pain?

2. What does Susila compare children to?

3. What is the first thing Will does when he wakes up on Pala?

4. How does Susila believe she would have fared had she not been Palanese?

5. Who was the person Appu had always loved and who loved her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is it seem to be impure to sleep with a woman to the Rani?

4. What does Will notice about Bahu's compliment to Nurse Radha?

5. What is a MAC?

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

7. What is the primary difference between the pain of Susila and Will?

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

9. What strikes fear into Will's heart?

10. How do the Palanese keep from feeling despair when reading about history?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare what Will says about what boys and girls are for around the world. Compare that to what the Palanese know boys and girls are for. How does this make you feel about our world? What do you think would need to change in order for this viewpoint to come to pass? Do you think the world of Pala is attainable or not? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

What could lead Will to believe that Murugan was having a sexual relationship with Colonel Dipa? Is this a valid conclusion based on the evidence in the first few chapters? What argues for this logic? What argues against it? Quote your supporting statements from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Quote and explain Shanta's speech about Wisdom. Repeat the speech in your own words.

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