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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Shammat want to do with John Brent-Oxford in Chapter 26?
(a) Capture him and force him to stop being a leader, and kill him if he refuses.
(b) Send him to a penal colony.
(c) Assassinate him.
(d) Re-educate him.

2. Who does Johor search for when he reincarnates?
(a) David and Sais.
(b) Suzannah and Rachel.
(c) Ben and Rilla.
(d) Taufiq.

3. Chapter 22 describes the rise of what, as a result of the economic and social problems on Shikasta?
(a) Youth armies.
(b) Police brutality.
(c) Organized crime.
(d) Gang warfare.

4. How do Rachel's feelings about Suzannah change in Chapter 30?
(a) She begins to distrust Suzannah.
(b) She begins to hate Suzannah.
(c) She begins to admire Suzannah.
(d) She develops love for Suzannah.

5. What is the setting of the mock trial?
(a) Greece.
(b) Russia.
(c) North Africa.
(d) The Northwest Fringes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much SOWF does Lynda believe she receives?

2. Which sibling is chubby, argumentative and jealous?

3. What ideologies declined during the time period described in Chapter 19?

4. Rachel writes, in Chapter 25, that George often visits what foreign country?

5. Which sibling is fairly normal, but sometimes gets deeply depressed over things like corruption in the world?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Lynda Coleridge?

2. What does the top-secret letter relayed in Chapter 26 say about George, Benjamin and John Brent-Oxford?

3. What roles do George and John Brent-Oxford play in the mock trial?

4. Why does the mock trial occur in Chapter 33?

5. What is special about Lynda Coleridge?

6. What does Johor say, in Chapter 19, about the poor of Shikasta?

7. How did the youth armies form on Shikasta?

8. Who is Sharma?

9. What happens to Rachel as a result of her plot in Chapter 31?

10. How does the mock trial end?

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