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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. What color are Dr. Prakash's eyes?

2. What nationality is Tommo?

3. When Danny talks to Dr. Prakash on page 63, where is Prakash going?

4. On Page 11, in which suburb does Danny go to clean?

5. At 10:44 a.m. on page 45, what color suit does the Indian woman wear who looks like Radha?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Danny from and what is that place like?

2. What does Danny know that happened to Radha three years ago?

3. What does Danny carry with him and why?

4. Who was the woman that Danny worked for and removed five cacti from her yard?

5. What message does Danny keep getting from his phone company?

6. What did Danny and Sonja do over the weekend?

7. On page 52, what does Danny notice?

8. What beliefs does Sonja have?

9. What does the narrator say about getting something to drink in Sydney?

10. What are unwritten laws for cleaners in Australia and in Sri Lanka?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Conflicts between characters are often caused by a problem. What are some conflicts that occur in the novel? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?

Essay Topic 2

Danny is interrogated when he returns from Dubai. Why was Danny interrogated after he returns from Dubai? Is the persecution and interrogation that he endured related to his ethnicity?

Essay Topic 3

How does the author use flashbacks in the novel? How does the author’s choice to use flashback affect the plot?

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