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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 31 reports that George is planning on seeking reelection as leader of the youth armies in what area?
(a) Australia.
(b) The Northwest Fringes.
(c) Ireland.
(d) North Africa.

2. Who is George Herbert?
(a) Lynda's brother.
(b) Lynda's lover.
(c) Lynda's psychiatrist.
(d) Lynda's plastic surgeon.

3. Why does Rachel keep a diary?
(a) She has a poor memory.
(b) George wants her to.
(c) It starts as a school project.
(d) She hopes to get it published someday.

4. How does George Herbert feel about Lynda's claims, initially?
(a) He doesn't believe her.
(b) He has his doubts.
(c) He thinks she may be right.
(d) He believes her wholeheartedly.

5. What rumor does Rachel hear in Chapter 30?
(a) Suzannah is pregnant.
(b) George is a Shammat spy.
(c) Benjamin has been brainwashed.
(d) There is a plot to kill George.

6. Rachel reports that she asks her parents, numerous times, about what?
(a) Why they chose not to have more children.
(b) Why and how the Giants were put on Shikasta.
(c) Where she will go when she dies.
(d) Why George receives special treatment.

7. What is John Brent-Oxford's role, in Chapter 33?
(a) He is the judge.
(b) He is the Prosecutor.
(c) He is the court scribe.
(d) He is the defense attorney.

8. How is John Brent-Oxford killed?
(a) A Shammat assassination.
(b) A falling rock.
(c) George kills him.
(d) A rogue assassin.

9. Who is the Jewish woman who taught George in New York?
(a) Rilla.
(b) Suzannah.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Miriam.

10. Who stages the mock trial in Chapter 33?
(a) The youth armies.
(b) The white races.
(c) Shammat dignitaries.
(d) Canopean emissaries.

11. Chapter 19 also describes the plight of what group of people on Shikasta?
(a) The poorest.
(b) The Muslims.
(c) Women.
(d) The Giants.

12. What longing does George express, in his letters in Chapter 29?
(a) Peace between the Shikastans and the Canopeans.
(b) A world where they can live a thousand years and enjoy one another on a deep level.
(c) A world without suffering and conflict.
(d) Freedom from the responsibilities of leadership.

13. What happened to Rachel, as detailed in Chapter 31?
(a) She was kidnapped by Shammat agents.
(b) She was killed in a youth army plot gone awry.
(c) She was injured in an assassination attempt on her brother.
(d) She suffered a mental breakdown, and committed suicide.

14. What does Rachel do in Chapter 30 in response to hearing the rumor?
(a) She goes home to protect her parents.
(b) She goes to find Benjamin and help him escape.
(c) She kills Suzannah.
(d) She disguises herself, and goes to find George.

15. Lynda believes that some people don't use all of their what?
(a) Time.
(b) Emotional capabilities.
(c) Physical potential.
(d) Cognitive faculties.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Shammat want to do with Benjamin in Chapter 26?

2. What do the races suppressed by the whites want to do in Chapter 33?

3. What is the setting of the mock trial?

4. Who is the author of the report that comprises Chapter 31?

5. The Sherbans don't care much for what?

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