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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 did Deeti's husband say was his first wife on their wedding night?

2. Where are the girmitiyas being taken in Chapter 4?

3. How does Hukam SIngh get to the factory where he works?

4. How long has the zemindary of Rashkhali been in Neel's family in Chapter 5?

5. What is the name of Neel's attorney in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Deeti consider to use as payment for Kalua to get her husband from the factory in Chapter 2?

2. Where does Deeti send Kabutri and why?

3. What does the new pilot, James Doughty look like?

4. What is the water closet like in Paulette's room at the Burnham mansion, and what is it lacking?

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

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

7. What is Hukam Singh's condition when Deeti finds him at the opium factory?

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

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

10. Where does Kalua live?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ah Faat and Neel become friends. Why might Ah Faat and Neel be enemies? What has brought them together? Why are they friends?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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