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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who had previously referred to the painting Anish has brought with him?
(a) Mrs. Swan.
(b) Durance.
(c) Das.
(d) Pike.

2. Where does Pike say Flora wants to head after Das finishes her portrait?
(a) The North Country.
(b) London.
(c) The West Country.
(d) Bristol.

3. What country is Flora traveling around in the opening scene?
(a) India.
(b) Britain.
(c) Pakistan.
(d) Cuba.

4. Who was Jummapur run by in the 1930s?
(a) The Pakistanis.
(b) The British.
(c) The Indians.
(d) The French.

5. What did Flora once pour over a critic's head?
(a) Cake mixture.
(b) Beer.
(c) Wine.
(d) Treacle.

6. What does Flora ask Nazrul to bring her?
(a) Curried potatoes.
(b) Pate.
(c) Biscuits.
(d) Rumin.

7. What does Nazrul tell Das has happened to the pate?
(a) Someone has bought it.
(b) It has been eaten.
(c) It has been stolen.
(d) It has gone off.

8. What do Flora and Das stop work to do?
(a) Drink.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Eat.
(d) Sleep.

9. What does Pike say is the most exciting part of his work?
(a) Meeting new people.
(b) Reading the letters.
(c) Creating footnotes.
(d) Traveling.

10. What is Rasa?
(a) An Indian royal feast banned by the British.
(b) An Indian sacrificial cermony.
(c) The positive enerrgy giving out by natural life.
(d) The emotional or spiritual object of a thing.

11. Where did Das draw his pencil sketch of Flora?
(a) On the beach.
(b) Her lecture.
(c) In her bedroom.
(d) In the church.

12. What does Mr. Coomaraswami promise to take Flora on the following day?
(a) A swim.
(b) A picnic.
(c) A bicycle ride.
(d) A hike.

13. Where does Mrs. Swan keep the rolled canvas?
(a) Under her bed.
(b) In a cupboard.
(c) In the loft.
(d) Under the floorboards.

14. What is the name of Flora's servant?
(a) Nashra.
(b) Nukem.
(c) Neekum.
(d) Nazrul.

15. What is Durance's rank?
(a) Colonel.
(b) Captain.
(c) Major.
(d) Lieutenant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Flora use to address Mrs. Swan?

2. Who does Flora say is the only person who has a key to the icebox?

3. Who is the enemy Flora refers to in her letters?

4. Where does Mrs. Swan say her husband was posted?

5. What was the name of the God Raha ran off with?

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