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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the sad state of Shikasta blamed on?
(a) The influence of the Shammat.
(b) The lack of SOWF.
(c) The presence of the Giants.
(d) The inherent evil nature of the Natives.

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

3. Who is the author of the report that comprises Chapter 31?
(a) A member of George's youth army.
(b) A Chinese agent of Shammat.
(c) Taufiq.
(d) Rachel.

4. What do the Shammat want to do with George in Chapter 26?
(a) Continue covertly observing his activities.
(b) Capture him and force him to stop being a leader, and kill him if he refuses.
(c) Send him to a penal colony.
(d) Assassinate him.

5. Who is Suzannah?
(a) Rachel's roommate.
(b) George's girlfriend.
(c) Benjamin's neighbor.
(d) George's teacher.

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

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

8. What do Rachel and Benjamin have to do, in Chapter 25, that George doesn't?
(a) Attend government rallies.
(b) Sign up for the draft.
(c) Prepare for exams.
(d) Care for their aging parents.

9. Who is writing to George in Chapter 29?
(a) Benjamin.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Sharma.
(d) Suzannah.

10. What does George tell Rachel, in Chapter 28, to help her deal with the news she receives?
(a) She has to trust that there is a greater purpose and a reason for her suffering.
(b) Her loved ones are in a better place now.
(c) If she doesn't toughen up, she will have to come back in another incarnation.
(d) She is destined to be an important part of their movement.

11. What doctrine is the teacher in Chapter 17 professing to his students?
(a) Evolution.
(b) Intelligent Design.
(c) Creationism.
(d) He refuses to teach any of these.

12. What is Benjamin's situation as of Chapter 33?
(a) He is acting as a liaison between the Natives and the Giants.
(b) He has left the re-education camp, and is unaffected.
(c) He is a vegetable, living at home with his parents.
(d) He is helping the Shammat infiltrate George's youth armies.

13. Who is Raymond Watts?
(a) A spy George recruits for his movement.
(b) One of George's teachers.
(c) A Sirian agent reporting on Shammat activities on Shikasta.
(d) Rachel's boyfriend.

14. Which sibling is chubby, argumentative and jealous?
(a) Rachel.
(b) None of them.
(c) Benjamin.
(d) George.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Shammat want to do with John Brent-Oxford in Chapter 26?

2. Chapter 19 describes the rise of what activity?

3. What devastating news does Rachel receive in Chapter 28?

4. Chapter 19 details the events of what century?

5. What is John Brent-Oxford's role, in Chapter 33?

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