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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 kind of flowers are in the Taj Mahal?

2. What does Pettigrew call eye searing about the Taj Mahal?

3. How does Mrs. Ali feel about helping with the dance?

4. Where does Jemima hope to get the money she needs?

5. Why does Pettigrew feel so uncomfortable when the boy comes in the shop?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Major Pettigrew describe his village?

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

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

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

6. What does Major Pettigrew about after the funeral, and why?

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

8. How does Major Pettigrew feel about the wives of the golf club?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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