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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. What does Pettigrew compare Daisy Green's group to?

2. What is the name of Mr. Pettigrew's wife?

3. How does Mr. Pettigrew's oldest son treat him?

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

5. What does Jemima need money for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Major Pettigrew prepare for his tea with Mrs. Ali?

2. What does Major Pettigrew suggest for the golf club dance?

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

4. What does Jemima want to do with her father's guns?

5. Why does Mrs. Ali feel so down about her life at the beginning of the book?

6. What makes Roger stick out in the crowd at the funeral proceedings?

7. Why is it hard for Major Pettigrew to visit his sister-in-law after the funeral?

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

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

10. Who is Jemima, and what does Major Pettigrew think of her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think is the main message sent through this book, and how is it displayed?

Essay Topic 2

What are the Churchills, and what significance do they have on the plot of this book?

Essay Topic 3

How does Sandy gain favor in Pettigrew's eyes, and how does Pettigrew show this increased acceptance of her?

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