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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 controversial thing did Sandy do?

2. What does Ferguson want Roger's help with?

3. Why is it hard for Mrs. Ali's nephew to go to dinner parties?

4. What favor does Pettigrew do for Mrs. Ali's nephew?

5. What objections does Amina's love interest have to the relationship?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What secret is Amina keeping?

3. What saves Christmas for Major Pettigrew?

4. What is Pettigrew asked to do about Lord Dagenham's land?

5. Why does Pettigrew propose to Grace?

6. What inconvenience does Roger cause his father at the dance?

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

8. What do the club ladies want Mrs. Ali to do for the dance?

9. What does Ferguson tell Pettigrew to do after the dance?

10. Why has Mrs. Ali allowed her nephew to help in his store?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the ways the Major and Nancy showed their love to each other, and how did these displays alter the course of their lives?

Essay Topic 2

Amina was a person who was seen very little in this book, but whose presence made a big difference in Pettigrew's life. How did she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence- however brief, altered Pettigrew's life? What would have happened differently if she had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

The people in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select four people and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the people around them.

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