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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 was the nationality of the woman for whom Danny removed cacti from her yard?

2. What country is Danny from?

3. What dance did Radha like to do?

4. What does Danny think that Mark, Radha Thomas's father does for a living?

5. What nationality is Tommo?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Danny's place look like?

3. What competition does Danny face in his line of work?

4. What does Danny carry with him and why?

5. What job did Tommo get Danny during his second year as an illegal?

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

7. What beliefs does Sonja have?

8. On page 52, what does Danny notice?

9. What does Danny look like?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Danny often described himself as honest. Why did Danny struggle with the decision to tell the police about Prakash? Why did Danny feel he had a moral obligation to speak to the police?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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