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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which relatives does Maneck visit in Chapter 14 before he leaves on vacation?

2. Who does Dina order to get up off his knees, and never drop down to another human again?

3. Who has a job working as a fortune teller when Maneck returns to the village?

4. What article of Om's clothing does Maneck tear during their fight?

5. When Maneck's mother falls down the hill, what part of her body is injured?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Maneck die?

2. How does Om lose his testicles?

3. What happens when the Beggarmaster comes to visit the relocation camp in Chapter 9?

4. Why does the Beggarmaster leave Shankar on the streets even after it is revealed that they are brothers?

5. What do Om and Maneck do during their vacation from work?

6. What happens when the debt collector visits Dina?

7. How does it come to pass that the tailors begin eating dinner in the main house?

8. Why does Rajaram want to move to the Himalayas?

9. What happens to Rajaram that prompts him to leave his job at the government?

10. Why does Dina lose her apartment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rajaram is a strange character who exists simply by taking things from others. Give three examples of things that Rajaram has stolen from others, and what you think the items he chooses to steal say about him as a character. Then, weigh in on the transition that happens to Rajaram after he has returned from the Himalayas. Do you believe that his character has changed? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Dina's character changes quite a bit when it comes to her ability to love.

Part 1.) Explain why you think Dina was initially so cold to the tailors.

Part 2.) Explain the ways that the tailors won Dina over, warming her heart.

Part 3.) Explain the outcome of this changing relationship. Who do you think the love benefited more?

Essay Topic 3

The "Emergency" is a very powerful force of destruction within the novel.

Part 1.) Briefly explain what the state of Emergency within the novel was.

Part 2.) Explain the catastrophic results this state of Emergency had on the lives of the main characters.

Part 3.) Explain why you think calling the situation an emergency was validated within the novel.

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