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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dilip tell Pike is a way of life in India?
(a) Begging.
(b) Starving.
(c) Dying.
(d) Hating.

2. Why was Flora unable to sit for Modigliani again?
(a) He died.
(b) They broke up.
(c) She left the country.
(d) He left the country.

3. Who does Durance say told him that Flora was in India for health reasons?
(a) Pike.
(b) Das.
(c) Mrs. Swan.
(d) Anish.

4. What does Das offer to Flora when she cries?
(a) His coat.
(b) His handkerchief.
(c) His hand.
(d) His paintings.

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

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

7. What does Flora say the British have destroyed?
(a) Europe
(b) The world.
(c) Asia.
(d) India.

8. What country did Flora's mother run off to with another man?
(a) India.
(b) America.
(c) Australia.
(d) France.

9. What does Rajah say cars have to do to be cars?
(a) Have an owner.
(b) Accelerate.
(c) Have gas.
(d) Move.

10. Who does Flora call to bring refreshments?
(a) Mrs. Swan.
(b) Ansil.
(c) Nazrul.
(d) Das.

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

12. What does the Rajah say Flora sent his grandfather?
(a) A poem
(b) A novel.
(c) A thank you card.
(d) A telegraph.

13. What was Mr. Swan doing when he suffered his stroke?
(a) Umpiring a cricket match.
(b) Refereeing a football match.
(c) Hiking in the New Forest.
(d) Running on a treadmill.

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

15. What does Dilip bring Pike in this scene?
(a) A hat and gloves.
(b) A jacket and tie.
(c) Shorts and a t-shirt.
(d) Tea and cakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the riot earlier in the day against?

2. What happens when Das leaves to find some scissors?

3. What do Flora and Durance do in the historic area of the stage?

4. Why does Flora say she came to India?

5. Who is waiting with Das when Flora arrives back from her meeting with the Rajah?

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