In a Strange Room Test | Final Test - Hard

Damon Galgut
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In a Strange Room Test | Final Test - Hard

Damon Galgut
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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. Once Damon has gotten across the Tanzanian border in Part 2: The Lover, it takes him how long to travel by bus to Mbeya?

2. Where does Alice ask Damon to visit, where her mother has a summer home in Part 2: The Lover?

3. What is the altitude of Mbeya?

4. In what activity does Damon participate while at the Victoria Falls in Part Two: The Lover?

5. When Damon and his fellow travelers arrive in Dar es Salaam, Christian, Jerome and Alice are in one room and Damon stays with whom in the other?

Short Essay Questions

1. What traveler from Chile joins Damon's group in Part Two: The Lover? How does Damon describe his feelings about crossing the border in this chapter?

2. Why does Damon depart from his traveling companions from Europe at the Malawian border in Part Two: The Lover? How does he feel about this?

3. How is Lusaka described in Part Two: The Lover? Where do Damon and his fellow travelers go next?

4. Who is the object of Damon's affections in Part Two: The Lover? How is this love unrequited?

5. About what does Damon worry in Tanzania in Part Two: The Lover? Where do he and his group go to stay in Tanzania?

6. Where is Damon when Christian, Jerome and Alice decide to stay with him for a few days in Part Two: The Lover?

7. How does Damon's isolation grow stronger when he is with the first traveling group in Malawi in Part Two: The Lover?

8. What crashed into the train window as Damon and his friends traveled in Part Two: The Lover? Who ends up sitting next to Damon on the train?

9. What does Damon grow to dislike about his original group of travelers in Malawi in Part Two: The Lover?

10. How does Damon evolve in Part Two: The Lover? What remains his drive to travel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of Charles in Part Two: The Lover. How does Damon feel about Charles when they first meet? How old is Charles and where is he from?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of conflict in literature and in the novel. What conflicts begin to arise between Reiner and Damon in Part One: The Follower? How should each be best resolved?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of longing in the novel. How is longing represented through the character of Reiner?

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