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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 Pettigrew go to the Taj Mahal in the first place?

2. What disappoints Mr. Pettigrew at the funeral?

3. How does Pettigrew feel about the first cottage Roger shows him?

4. Why doesn't Mr. Pettigrew go to the funeral alone?

5. What committee is Pettigrew put on for the event Alec's wife is planning?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Major Pettigrew describe his village?

2. How does Major Pettigrew change in his thoughts towards Mrs. Ali at the beginning of the book?

3. How did people respond to Pettigrew's suggestion for the golf club dance?

4. How does Mrs. Khan treat Mrs. Ali, and why?

5. How does Pettigrew protect his brother's guns?

6. Why is Mrs. Ali hesitant to get too close to Major Pettigrew?

7. What is Major Pettigrew thinking about while he is in his garden with Mrs. Ali?

8. Why does Major Pettigrew go to Tewkesberry and Teale?

9. How is Grace's sudden illness a good thing for Pettigrew?

10. What is the pretense for Major Pettigrew's tea with Mrs. Ali?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Sandy and Roger's relationship end?

Essay Topic 2

Where does India come to play in this plot, and what affects does this have on the tone of the book?

Essay Topic 3

How did the relationship between The Major and Jasmina change throughout the course of this book, and how did these changes affect the people around them?

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