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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. Why does Flora stop posing for Das in Act 1, Part 4?

2. What is Das carrying with him when he arrives at Flora's house?

3. What is the name of Pike's guide?

4. What is Pike's nationality?

5. What kind of game do Flora and Das play at the table?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Anish know his father's work is unfinished?

2. How does Das help Flora when she collapses?

3. What did Anish's father leave him after his death?

4. What do Das and Flora say about religion?

5. Why does Anish say the authorities put his father into prison?

6. What did Churchill say would happen if Britain lost India?

7. What does the passage Flora reads from the book describe?

8. Why are Das and Flora struggling to work?

9. What does Das tell Flora about Indian art?

10. How does Das think people learned of Flora's illness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1930s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the novel if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the novel's dialogue. How does the author's dialogue contribute to the following areas:

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the characters in the novel and discuss how he or she would cope in one of the following scenarios:

1. The Indian nationalists declare war against the British.

2. The Rajah is assassinated.

3. Das fathers Flora's child.

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