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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. Who does Bobby blame for Victoria's death?

2. What lie did Kamakhya tell?

3. What does Bobby visit in Maidan Park?

4. What does Tagore write about his coma?

5. What writer does Bobby compare Das to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Das die the second time?

2. How did Victoria go missing?

3. How do the Parsees dispose of their dead, and why?

4. What happens to Bobby's marriage after Victoria's death?

5. What does Amrita not allow while Victoria is missing?

6. What does Bobby do when he gets to the Calcutta Airport alone?

7. How does Bobby feel about Calcutta after leaving Das, and why is this so strange?

8. What caused Bobby to not touch guns in his adult life?

9. What does Bobby promise to send Das, and why?

10. What happens when Bobby follows the advice he gets from the rickshaw driver?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in this book?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Simmons have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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