Characters from Staying On

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Mrs. Lucy Smalley - This character grew up in England and had a vicar as a father and twin brothers.

Colonel Tusker Smalley - This character was a military man who was not very ambitious and was most content as an administrative person, out of the spotlight, cleaning up other administrators' messes.

Ibrahim - This character's father was a servant to a British Sahib before him, and he is carrying on the family tradition with the only British Sahib left in Pankot.

Mr. Francis Bhoolabhoy - This character is a Christian Indian who...
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