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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Rajah not want Flora to walk past his cars?
(a) They need their daily drive.
(b) It would deny them their identity.
(c) He promised to allow his servants to drive them.
(d) It would not allow Flora to see them at her most beautiful.

2. Who does Durance say is not allowed into the English club?
(a) Indian women.
(b) Indian Hindus.
(c) Indian Sikhs.
(d) Indian born officers.

3. What are the only paintings the Rajah refuses to show Flora?
(a) His own paintings.
(b) His war paintings.
(c) His religious paintings.
(d) His erotic paintings.

4. Who does Dilip say beggars help?
(a) People who have never fallen in love.
(b) People who want to move to a better place in their lives.
(c) People who have too much money to spend.
(d) People who need to do something good for their soul.

5. Which character was killed in 1944?
(a) Durance.
(b) Das.
(c) Flora.
(d) The Rajah.

6. Who do Flora and Das discuss as they smoke?
(a) Anish.
(b) Das's dead wife.
(c) Flora's ex-boyfriends.
(d) Mrs. Swan.

7. What did Anish's father leave him?
(a) A suitcase.
(b) A trunk.
(c) A computer box.
(d) A shoebox.

8. What language does Anish say Hindus paint in?
(a) The language of symbols.
(b) The language of love.
(c) The language of absurdity.
(d) The language of expressionism.

9. What famous person lived on Mrs. Swan's street?
(a) Charles Dickens.
(b) Sir Conan Arthur Doyle.
(c) H. G Wells.
(d) Enid Blyton.

10. What does Pike say he has discovered?
(a) Flora had Das's child.
(b) Das wrote Flora's Indian poetry.
(c) Das has a son.
(d) Flora was a British spy.

11. What was the name of the boat Flora's mother sailed on to America?
(a) The Mayflower.
(b) The Bluebell.
(c) The Queen Mary.
(d) The Titanic.

12. Who does Dilip say Flora could never have had a relationship with?
(a) Durance.
(b) H. G Wells.
(c) Das.
(d) E.M Forster.

13. In which country did gin and tonic originate?
(a) India.
(b) Britain.
(c) Pakistan.
(d) America.

14. What culture does Das say he is fascinated by?
(a) Irish culture.
(b) Welsh culture.
(c) English culture.
(d) Scottish culture.

15. Why does the Rajah say he does not like the term Your Highness?
(a) He feels socially lower than Pike.
(b) He was not born into the family.
(c) He is a politician.
(d) He is non religious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Rajah say Flora sent his grandfather?

2. What country did Flora's mother run off to with another man?

3. What does Flora's letter say she did in the morning?

4. What country was Anish living in when his father died?

5. Why does Das say Nazrul cannot bring refreshments?

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