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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. How soon is the baby due when Shukumar goes to an academic conference?

2. Which resident of the building decided Boori Ma should be thrown out?

3. How old is Boori Ma?

4. Mr. Pirzada's daughters' names all start with what letter?

5. Mr. Pirzada has a grant to study what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the residents of the building think about Boori Ma?

3. What is Mr. Kapasi's other occupation?

4. What do Shoba and Shukumar tell each other the second night of the telling game?

5. What does Shoba tell Shukumar on the night the power is restored?

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

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

8. What is similar between the Das marriage and the Kapasi marriage?

9. Why does Mr. Pirzada offer to go trick-or-treating with Lilia?

10. What does the power outage remind Shoba of from her childhood?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of individuals in warring countries growing closer while their governments grow apart in "When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine."

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the use of symbolic objects throughout all the stories. Choose five particular objects to discuss how they were used symbolically to illuminate themes, distinguish characters and advance the plot.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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