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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 does Pettigrew feel about his son's hesitance to wed?

2. What does Pettigrew dislike about the women at the rehearsal?

3. What bothers Pettigrew about Ferguson?

4. What do the club ladies want the theme of the dance to be?

5. What does Pettigrew regret when Mrs. Ali leaves the dance?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Grace respond to Pettigrew's proposal and why?

2. Why does Pettigrew propose to Grace?

3. What does Roger brag about after the shooting party?

4. How do the club ladies hope to honor Pettigrew's father at the dance?

5. What happened to the black actress at the club, and why?

6. Why does Pettigrew take the protestors on Ferguson's land seriously?

7. Why doesn't Abdul marry the woman he loves?

8. Why does Roger want to pursue Gertrude?

9. What does Mr. Rasool do at the dance?

10. What does Pettigrew say after Roger's bragging after the party?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Which person did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this person change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

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

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