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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men figure out they will be doing at the tables?
(a) Studying the local language.
(b) Writing letters to their families.
(c) Drawing maps of the outside world.
(d) Playing games.

2. How do the guards treat the men when they are recaptured?
(a) Like naughty children.
(b) Roughly.
(c) Cautiously.
(d) Good naturedly.

3. How do the men travel in order to keep their presence secret?
(a) Through the forest.
(b) After nightfall.
(c) By a river.
(d) Wearing camouflage.

4. Why do the tutors say the men are being held captive?
(a) Because men are not welcome in the country.
(b) Because they tried to abduct a girl from a tree.
(c) Because they were violent when they first arrived.
(d) Because outsiders cannot be trusted.

5. Where do the women try to force the men to do in Chapter 2?
(a) Return to their plane.
(b) Enter a gray stone building.
(c) Hand over their belongings.
(d) Eat a strange-looking fruit.

6. What do the men think makes the women look unfeminine?
(a) Their clothing.
(b) The way they walk.
(c) Their lack of makeup.
(d) Their short hair.

7. Where do the men discover they are being housed?
(a) In a fortress.
(b) In a jail.
(c) In a house.
(d) In a temple.

8. What does Terry suppose the women of an all-female society would be like?
(a) Sweet and gentle.
(b) Jealous and competitive.
(c) Untrusting and timid.
(d) Hard-working and serious.

9. Who was Charles Walter Stetson?
(a) The author's colleague.
(b) The author's uncle.
(c) The author's brother-in-law.
(d) The author's husband.

10. During their escape, what signal does Terry use to let his friends know he has found a secure footing?
(a) He hoots like an owl.
(b) He lights a match.
(c) He tugs on the rope three times.
(d) He tosses a stone up to his friends.

11. What is the title of one of the author's works?
(a) Anthem.
(b) The Yellow Wallpaper.
(c) The Edible Woman.
(d) Excellent Women.

12. What do the men find at the base of a waterfall?
(a) A piece of cloth.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A piece of paper.
(d) A broken canoe.

13. What genre of fiction does "Herland" belong to?
(a) Historical fiction.
(b) Literary fiction.
(c) Utopian fiction.
(d) Science fiction.

14. How do the women refer to their society when it still included men?
(a) As two-sided.
(b) As co-gendered.
(c) As man-ruled.
(d) As bi-sexual.

15. Which of the men's personal effects is missing when they awake in Chapter 3?
(a) Their clothes.
(b) Their toiletries.
(c) Their books.
(d) Their money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men not see while flying over the female society's land?

2. What does Vandyck note about the clothing that they are wearing?

3. What is included with the supplies that are loaded on the plane?

4. What does Jeff NOT note a lack of in the town?

5. What is the name of Vandyck's tutor?

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