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

2. What creates the most anxiety in humans, according to Chapter 14?
(a) Religious insecurities.
(b) Short lifespans.
(c) Intolerance between races.
(d) The horrors of war and other conflicts.

3. Where were George, Benjamin and Rachel born?
(a) England.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Australia.
(d) America.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Johor search for when he reincarnates?

2. What happens to Lynda after her lover's death?

3. According to Chapter 14, what is most divisive among humans?

4. How does Rachel feel about the Muslim family with whom the Sherbans associate?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the substance of Agent 20's report, in Chapter 18?

2. What does Johor do, in Chapter 20, while on his way to incarnation?

3. What is special about Lynda Coleridge?

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

5. How does the mock trial end?

6. What is reported in Chapter 19 regarding the state of religious ideologies on Shikasta?

7. Who is Suzannah?

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

9. What is the result of the arguments presented at the mock trial?

10. Why does Rachel make the decision to follow George in Chapter 30?

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