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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 vest do City Rangers wear?

2. Where did Prakash go and see a statue of Gandhi with his ex-wife?

3. What did Prakash throw at Danny and Radha on Guru Purnima day last year?

4. How many points are needed to become a permanent resident in Australia?

5. How old was Prakash when he came to Australia?

Short Essay Questions

1. On page 105, what does Danny remember about the bar where he and Prakash were waiting for Radha two years ago?

2. What did Radha tell Danny about Prakash's family and what Prakash went through?

3. What story did Prakash tell Danny two years ago when they were waiting for Radha at a bar?

4. What did Danny's father say about him after he returned from Dubai?

5. At 12:58 p.m., who does Danny notice outside a discount store, and what do they have in common?

6. On page 149, what does Prakash say about the killing?

7. What phone call does Danny receive at 2:31 p.m.?

8. What happened when Danny returned to Sri Lanka from Dubai?

9. What did Prakash tell Danny about a trip to South Africa he made with his wife?

10. What did Danny, Prakash, and Radha see when they went to a creek a year ago?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Artistic license is the way that an author creates art, music, or writing based upon his interpretation of life or situations. How does the author use artistic license in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Danny shared with Radha that he was an illegal immigrant. Why did Danny share that information? How did Radha use that information? Why might she have betrayed him?

Essay Topic 3

Who is the protagonist and who is the antagonist in the novel? What type of conflicts does Prakash cause for Danny, and how does Danny deal with those conflicts?

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