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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. Will meets the young man destined to be leader of Pala in the company of what man?

2. What does the doctor remind Will to do at 11?

3. Who wrote the poem that Will found in the book?

4. What was the image that nurse Appu saw in her minds eye that made her laugh

5. What does Susila compare children to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Before Andrew went to Pala, what were his ambitions?

2. What is the primary difference between the pain of Susila and Will?

3. What does nurse Radha say the correct way of going about treating someone is?

4. What does Will believe was the result of the Rani's teachings to Murugan?

5. How do the Palanese keep from feeling despair when reading about history?

6. How does Will initially react to the death of his wife?

7. Why was Will never interested in power? Quote from the text.

8. What strikes fear into Will's heart?

9. What intrigues Will about Murugan?

10. Murugan appears at Will's bed and engages in a dialogue. What does this dialogue portray Murugan to be?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss reasons why Will may have suddenly decided to admit to Susila his underhanded dealings. Why do you think Susila seems to have forgiven him so immediately? What is the real problem of Pala that she is aware of and why is it a major problem?

Essay Topic 2

What is significant about Lakshmi's death? What is significant about how the people who love her react? What is the primary difference in the way death is approached on Pala and here?

Essay Topic 3

How do the Palanese deal with grief? How does it differ from the way we deal with it if we used Will's example? Which do you think is more healthy, theirs or ours?

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