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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 Das say most people are motivated by?

2. When did Das start to get sick?

3. What application was denied to Krishna?

4. Why is Chatterjee upset when Bobby comes to get the manuscript?

5. What makes Krishna so stinky?

Short Essay Questions

1. What law does Bobby break as he is on his way to meet Das?

2. How does Das discuss the Song of Kali in his manuscript?

3. How did Victoria go missing?

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

5. What does Bobby dream about after reading Das' manuscript?

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

7. What kind of hoops does Bobby have to jump through to get Victoria's body home?

8. What makes Bobby so angry when he is loaded into a green van?

9. What does Abe want Bobby to do with Other Voices after his death?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Kapalikas presented a very interesting and unique philosophy on life. What was this philosophy, and how did this different idealism affect the people around them?

Essay Topic 2

Many different characters in this book were persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord? What are some of these instances, and how did persuasion affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

What happens at the Kapalika meetings, and how is Bobby affected by this?

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