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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 does Bobby say is the strangest part about Muktananandaji's story?

2. What is Bobby's wife's name?

3. What blows out the candles during the second meeting?

4. What two words does Amrita use to describe India?

5. What is Ashutosh?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bobby say he can't use Muktananandaji's story for the magazine?

2. What does Bobby think about when he sees the lights of Calcutta?

3. Where does Sanjay go to get his dead body?

4. Why is Bobby planning to go to India?

5. What does Sanjay do to get Muktananandaji to get to the second meeting and why?

6. What does Chatterjee read at the meeting with Bobby?

7. What does Abe say is different about the recent postings of an Indian poet?

8. What is Amrita doing while discussing the trip with Bobby the night before they leave?

9. How do people treat Muktananandaji after the Kapalika meeting, and why?

10. What happens after the six initiates draw straws?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 3

What are some things about India that differ greatly from the US, and how did these differences affect this plot?

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