View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the Palanese teach the young ones to engage in that Murugan resisted?

3. What is the first word(s) Will hears when he wakes up?

4. What did Molly do as a hobby?

5. Why does Radha dislike the Ambassador?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference between a Wife of Love and a Sister of Mercy?

2. What is the primary difference between the pain of Susila and Will?

3. What did Will find humiliating about working as a journalist?

4. What seems so foreign about the way the people of Pala deal with fear?

5. What are practices of James and Janet MacPhail on their children that would be outlawed today?

6. Define self determination also known as destiny control in Palanese terms.

7. Murugan appears at Will's bed and engages in a dialogue. What does this dialogue portray Murugan to be?

8. Before Andrew went to Pala, what were his ambitions?

9. What are some reasons Pala was unpopular?

10. Why was Will never interested in power? Quote from the text.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare what Will says about what boys and girls are for around the world. Compare that to what the Palanese know boys and girls are for. How does this make you feel about our world? What do you think would need to change in order for this viewpoint to come to pass? Do you think the world of Pala is attainable or not? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Why is the use of distance regarding landscapes the most important aspects of a religious painting, in the opinion of Vijaya? Do you agree with this logic? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The people of Pala deal with pain and fear far differently than we do. How is it different? Compare and then contrast it to the way we handle these two emotions. Which do you think is more productive? Which do you think is psychologically more beneficial? Which do you think would expedite the healing process? Which is easier?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 864 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample