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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 far does Deeti live from the coast?

2. Where is Captain Chillingworth's wife thought to be in Chapter 9?

3. Which of Deeti's siblings died as children?

4. What is the name of the judge who subjects Paulette to lengthy and disapproving catechisms?

5. In Chapter 2, what does Deeti want to do if the crop is good this year?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Kalua live?

2. What does Benjamin Burnham want Neel to do to discharge his debts?

3. What happened to Captain Chillingworth's wife?

4. What jobs did Nob Kissin have when he began to work in Chapter 7?

5. In Chapter 8, what happens after the lascars are paid?

6. What does Paulette help Mrs. Burnham with in Chapter 9?

7. In Chapter 5, why does Neel say that he cannot sell the zemindary of Raskhali?

8. Why do families like Deeti's have to plant poppies?

9. What jobs is Jodu given in Chapter 8?

10. How did the Halders get in debt with the Burnhams?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author uses personification to describe the Ibis. In what ways is the ship personified? How does referring to the ship as a person give it power? What does the ship symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

Bhyro Singh is in charge of the prisoners on the Ibis. How does Singh treat the convicts? How does he abuse them? Does Singh abuse the power given by mistreating the convicts?

Essay Topic 3

Neel is sentenced to seven years in a penal colony. What type of lawyer does Neel have? What relationship does the judge at his trial have with Burnham? Who make up the jury at his trial? How is an affidavit obtained that is read at his trial? What is revealed about British justice for natives of India?

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