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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. Where is Captain Chilllingworth from?

2. What jewelry had Deeti been wearing when she was lead to the funeral pyre?

3. In Chapter 8, where are the dry docks where the Ibis is to be repaired and refurbished?

4. Where did Babloo-tindal get the scars he bears?

5. How many years did Zachary work at a shipyard in Baltimore?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are grimitiyas?

2. In Chapter 1, why is it unusual for Deeti to have a vision of a tall-masted ship?

3. What type of boat does Jodu have in Chapter 3?

4. Where would Paulette have been sent if Benjamin Burnham had not taken her in?

5. What is Deeti's puta room like?

6. How are Deeti and Kalua married?

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

8. In Chapter 9, why is it difficult for Kalua and Deeti to find work in Chhapra?

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

10. What does Serang Ali lay out for Zachery to wear to dinner with Raja Neel Rattan Halder?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Neel has to clean his cell at the Alipore Jail. How has Neel been raised? Why is it difficult for him to have to clean something as filthy as his cell? How does the experience transform him?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

At Burnham’s dinner party, the men discuss war with China. Why do Mr. Burnham and most of the men at the party think war with China is justified? How is the ban that China has on opium affecting the finances of men like Burnham? What does the attitude of Burnham and men of his social status reveal about the British view of superiority and mastery in the 1800s?

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