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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the word they whisper in a prayer for peace?
(a) Santi
(b) Hantis
(c) Disanti
(d) Shanti

2. What is the difference between Will and Susila's pain?
(a) Will wallows in denial, Susila does not
(b) Susila is healing, Will is wallowing in grief
(c) Will has accepted Molly's death, but Susila hasn't accepted her husbands' death
(d) Susila still talks to her spouse, Will has come to terms with her death

3. What dialect of English did the Palanese have?
(a) Cockney
(b) British
(c) American
(d) Wales

4. How do the Palanese teach in comparison to us?
(a) They teach physics and math as opposed to us teaching humanities and art
(b) They don't teach propaganda, whereas we do
(c) They focus on the here and now versus the then and later
(d) They teach as we would teach in fifteen years

5. What was significant about Gobind's grandmother?
(a) She was incredibly intelligent
(b) She was a gifted medium and lived until ninety-six
(c) She was an oracle
(d) She was extremely maternal and very healthy

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Shanta send Tom to talk to Vijaya?

2. Why did Rani and Murugan leave Pala originally?

3. Who was the person Appu had always loved and who loved her?

4. Why is Pala unpopular?

5. What is the title of the book the doctor gives to Will?

(see the answer key)

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