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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What religious word is mentioned throughout Chapter 10?
(a) Shivayanama
(b) Shivapanama
(c) Shivayawnishma
(d) Shivabanama
2. How does Will attempt to describe his experience with the Moksha-medicine?
(a) Enveloping love
(b) Terrifying darkness
(c) Radiating comfort
(d) Luminous bliss
3. What does the Rani think about a MAC?
(a) The idea even is blasphemy, only God can create mothers
(b) Its a good idea and she likes it
(c) She doesn't care one way or the other about it
(d) Its a good idea for everyone else, but not good enough for her son
4. What language is the Service given in?
(a) Palanese
(b) Punjabi
(c) Sanskrit
(d) English
5. What does their mushroom medicine take the biggest toll on?
(a) The heart
(b) The liver
(c) The stomach
(d) The kidneys
6. What did Will's teachers try to do about people's differences?
(a) Exploit them for their own gain
(b) Iron them out
(c) Make them more than they were
(d) Blow them out of proportion
7. What was Murugan doing while everyone else was having a vision?
(a) Picking his nose
(b) Muttering "this is all so false"
(c) Screaming like a banshee
(d) Reading his book
8. What musician does Susila put on?
(a) Beethoven
(b) Nickleback
(c) Gabrieli
(d) Bach
9. What kind of staff does Will use?
(a) Walnut
(b) Pine
(c) Bamboo
(d) Willow
10. What do the two people request of Shanta?
(a) To talk to their mother
(b) To come and have dinner with them
(c) To go immediately to see Dr. Robert
(d) To walk with them to Susila's
11. What is the title of the book Murugan is reading in Chapter 10?
(a) Science Fiction
(b) Home and Garden
(c) Geology Now
(d) Winning People's Hearts and Minds: One at a Time
12. What fruit does Susila compare Nirvana to?
(a) A pear
(b) A banana
(c) A supermandarine
(d) A supermango
13. What are the three pillars of Western prosperity?
(a) Armaments, universal debt, and planned obsolescence
(b) Anger, universal acceptance, and consumerism
(c) Armaments, universal healthcare and forced obedience
(d) Agriculture, universal debt and planned parenthood
14. What does Vijaya predict the average IQ will be on Pala in a century?
(a) One hundred twenty
(b) Ninety eight
(c) One hundred fifteen
(d) Two hundred
15. What does Dr. Robert believe will be a major political issue when Murugan comes of age?
(a) Shooters
(b) Industrialization
(c) Scooters
(d) Oil refinement
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Will's Aunt Mary change?
2. What two physical traits does Shanta say her baby will possess?
3. What is the benefit of being able to enter deep trances?
4. What does Will say about the light?
5. What could prevent the spread of Palanese knowledge of happiness to other countries?
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