View a FREE sample

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 major trouble for Pala?

2. What does the Rani believe will save humanity?

3. How does Susila compare the grief of her husband's passing?

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

5. What does Mr. Bahu say about the Rani?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Will initially react to the death of his wife?

3. What strikes fear into Will's heart?

4. A tender picture of the doctor's relationship with his wife emerges. What does he feel she brings to the relationship?

5. Nurse Radha was offended by Ambassador Bahu before. How?

6. What is a MAC?

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

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

9. What were three things that were reformed, and why were they so widely accepted?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss reasons why Will may have suddenly decided to admit to Susila his underhanded dealings. Why do you think Susila seems to have forgiven him so immediately? What is the real problem of Pala that she is aware of and why is it a major problem?

Essay Topic 2

Why is the use of distance regarding landscapes the most important aspects of a religious painting, in the opinion of Vijaya? Do you agree with this logic? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Write a 2000-word essay on the contrasts of light and darkness throughout the book, and the significance of this theme to the plot development. Why do you think the author chooses to use this theme?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 900 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample