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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 disease does the man in the dark room have?

2. What kinds of songs does Das want to hear Tangore pupils sing?

3. Who causes the most trouble for Bobby to get back to London?

4. What bothers Gupta about Bobby getting the manuscript?

5. What bothers Chatterjee about Bobby getting the manuscript?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What were Bobby's last words to Victoria?

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

7. What monetary advice does the rickshaw driver give to Amrita?

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

9. How does Bobby receive Das' manuscript?

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

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

Bobby and Das are deeply affected by poetry. How did this interest in this particular literary genre come to be, and what affect does this have on Bobby and Das's ability to relate to each other?

Essay Topic 3

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by many characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

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