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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 does Salim say that he and all the guests at the party were doing?
2. What do the townspeople speculate about the new complex?
3. From where does the name Metty come?
4. How does Father Huismans see himself?
5. What does Zabeth want Salim to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain how the reader understands that Salim is inexperienced with women.
2. How does Ferdinand become a burden on Salim?
3. In what way is Father Huismans somewhat naive?
4. Describe Zabeth's business.
5. What is going through Salim's mind as he travels deeper into the interior?
6. Describe Mahesh and his desire to strike it rich.
7. What happens to stop the impending threat of war in the area surrounding the town?
8. Describe Zabeth's son.
9. Explain the change in the relationship between Salim and Metty.
10. Describe the rumors about the new complex being built near the town.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write a paper about means of travel in the novel. Include the advantages and disadvantages of each. What method of travel in the novel seems most reliable? State your reasons for selecting that means as opposed to the others.
Essay Topic 2
Take the old saying, "It takes one to know one," and compare it to the meeting of Indar and Mahesh and his wife, Shoba. In Chapter 6, Metty recognizes a slave girl when she keeps coming to the store looking for him. Write an essay about how people can spot the faults in others that they have in themselves.
Essay Topic 3
Using examples of ethnic food mentioned in the novel, write an essay about how different food is important to different people. Include foods that you would miss if you suddenly were denied access to them. Also discuss to what extent you would try different foods if you visit another country.
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