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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. When Bram went to see the maharajah one last time, what type of birds were in the room?

2. What was the name of the leader of the men who took Modoc and tried to kill Bram?

3. What colors were on the sailor cap the sailors had made for Mo?

4. What did Gertie wear when she and Bram married?

5. How many elephants were in North's circus?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Sian die?

2. What did Bram ask permission to do when the headman told him he could not work in the teak forest?

3. What happened to the sideshow people after the North Circus shut down?

4. What did Bram believe he heard Kalli Gooma say after Ja told Bram he could not marry Sian?

5. In the village that Bram and Mo came to after the abduction, why did the villagers build the floors of their homes on the natural slant of the hill?

6. Why did Jagrat have Bram meet him by the lake?

7. Why did Bram believe that he had to let Gertie go in Chapter 26?

8. What did Ja write in one of his letters to Bram?

9. Why did Bram weep when he staggered out of the structure where he was being cared for after the guerrilla war?

10. What does it mean to "float" an animal's teeth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kalli Gooma told Bram that there were two areas in the village that represented life and death. Discuss how certain places in the village represented life and death. Did either of these places represent both life and death?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Bram went from being a stowaway to being a valued member of the ship's crew.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Hinduism and what parts of Hinduism Bram embraced.

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