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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 is George's role in Chapter 33?
(a) He is the Prosecutor.
(b) He is the court scribe.
(c) He is the defense attorney.
(d) He is the judge.

2. Which sibling is fairly normal, but sometimes gets deeply depressed over things like corruption in the world?
(a) None of them.
(b) Benjamin.
(c) George.
(d) Rachel.

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

4. What happens at the end of Chapter 33?
(a) Benjamin refuses to help George with his political ambitions.
(b) George resigns from leadership of the youth armies.
(c) George's parents die.
(d) Chen Liu and Ku Yuang are arrested, re-educated, and killed.

5. How does Rachel feel about Suzannah, initially?
(a) She admires her ease in social situations.
(b) She admires her intelligence and work ethic.
(c) She hates her because she is beautiful, but stupid.
(d) She feels that there is something sinister about her, and doesn't trust her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does George Herbert feel about Lynda's claims, initially?

2. Why is Rachel unable to understand some conversations between George and his teachers?

3. Where were George, Benjamin and Rachel born?

4. How does George Herbert's attitude towards Lynda's claims change over time?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the effects of short lifespans, as explained in Chapter 14?

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

3. Who is Sharma?

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

5. What does Chen Liu report about George in Chapter 32?

6. Who is Lynda Coleridge?

7. Who is Suzannah?

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

9. How did the youth armies form on Shikasta?

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

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