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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What "ideology" do the Canopeans consider most dangerous?
(a) Science.
(b) Intelligent design.
(c) Military interference.
(d) Christianity.

2. What would have been the result of the second individual's trial, if it had gone according to plan?
(a) A new public awareness of propaganda mechanisms.
(b) A reevaluation of the foster care system.
(c) A renewed sense of family closeness.
(d) A reevaluation of the criminal justice system.

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

4. In Chapter 9, Johor interacts with a man who is clearly what Old Testament figure?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Moses.
(d) Elijah.

5. Taufiq is incarnated on Shikasta as a member of what race?
(a) Native American.
(b) African.
(c) Asian.
(d) White.

6. What does Taufiq end up doing for a profession on Shikasta?
(a) Psychiatrist.
(b) Surgeon.
(c) Politician.
(d) Lawyer.

7. In Chapter 9, Taufiq reports that what major change has taken place on Earth?
(a) The rainforests are gone.
(b) The magnetic poles have flipped.
(c) Most islands are underwater.
(d) The ozone layer has disappeared.

8. How do the lives of the Shikastans upon Johor's return compare with the last time he was there?
(a) They are shorter, and full of disease and pain.
(b) They are longer, but full of disease and pain.
(c) They are shorter, but more comfortable.
(d) They are longer, and more comfortable.

9. Who was responsible for influencing some special individuals in the last days of Shikasta?
(a) Taufiq.
(b) Ben.
(c) David.
(d) Johor.

10. Why does Johor have to spend extra time on Shikasta?
(a) He is looking for two of his friends.
(b) He is being punished.
(c) Taufiq gets captured.
(d) He is unable to get home.

11. Dwarves and Elves were created by what species?
(a) Sirians.
(b) Shikastans.
(c) Shammat.
(d) Canopeans.

12. What was the first individual's crime?
(a) She refused to pay taxes.
(b) She killed someone.
(c) She destroyed property.
(d) She kidnapped a child.

13. What is Johor's relationship to Taufiq?
(a) Brother.
(b) Father.
(c) Son.
(d) Uncle.

14. According to Johor, in his report in Chapter 13, what did the white races do?
(a) Refused to assimilate with the Giants.
(b) Monopolized trade and travel.
(c) Exterminated the other races.
(d) Conquered the southern continents.

15. Johor's worst experience is with what planet?
(a) Rohanda.
(b) Puttioria.
(c) Shammat.
(d) Shikasta.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which shell concerns human history?

2. What is Johor searching for, at the beginning of Chapter 12?

3. What happens to Rohanda after it is cut off from the Lock?

4. Who is Johor?

5. In Chapter 6, to whom does Johor teach some of the basic tenets of Canopean civilization?

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