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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 - 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between the Giants and Natives on Shikasta?
(a) They get along, and the Natives sometimes help the Giants.
(b) They get along, and the Giants sometimes help the Natives.
(c) They try to stay away from one another.
(d) They are at war.

2. How are the Giants affected when Shikasta is cut off from the Lock?
(a) They become enraged.
(b) They fall into a deep hibernation.
(c) They lose some of their cognitive powers.
(d) They are no longer able to communicate with the Natives.

3. What will eventually happen to the Shammat transmitter?
(a) It will degrade.
(b) It will be assimilated by the surrounding plant life.
(c) It will explode.
(d) It will be taken back by the Shammat.

4. What happens to the cities once Shikasta is cut off from the Lock?
(a) They burn down.
(b) They disappear.
(c) Nothing.
(d) They become uninhabitable.

5. What does Shikasta mean?
(a) "The loving."
(b) "The barren."
(c) "The stricken."
(d) "The reckless."

Short Answer Questions

1. What word best describes Shikasta?

2. What is Johor's job?

3. What do some Canopeans believe should be done with Shikasta?

4. How are the British people described in Chapter 8?

5. Who are the Shammat?

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