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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. In which month does Mr. Pirzada return to Pakistan?

2. How old is Shukumar?

3. How old is Lilia during the events of her story?

4. How many daughters does Mr. Pirzada have?

5. What important function did the residents think Boori Ma did for them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Shukumar and Shoba do the first night the power is turned off?

2. What does Mr. Kapasi think of Mr. and Mrs. Das as parents?

3. Why does Lilia say a prayer for Mr. Pirzada's family?

4. What are the rituals Mr. Pirzada follows nightly?

5. What happens when Mr. Pirzada asks what the large orange vegetables are that he sees on porches?

6. What happens when Shukumar attends an academic conference in Baltimore during Shoba's pregnancy?

7. How do the Das family look to Mr. Kapasi?

8. Who is Boori Ma and what does she do for a living?

9. What happens when Lilia returns from trick-or-treating?

10. What happens to Boori Ma when the wives of the building decide to make improvements while the Dalals are out of town?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how the narrator in "The Third and Final Continent is an archetype of the male Indian-American immigrant and the irony presented by the dream he has for his son.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the imagery presented by buildings, houses and monuments in all the stories.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how each story contains a character with a "malady" that is misinterpreted.

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