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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event do Tusker and Lucy host every spring and fall?
(a) The birthday buffets.
(b) Prom and homecoming.
(c) The Easter celebration and Halloween.
(d) Graduation and back-to-school.

2. When Tusker becomes ill, how old is he?
(a) 80 odd years old.
(b) 60 odd years old.
(c) 70 odd years old.
(d) 50 odd years old.

3. Where does Tusker write notes?
(a) In library books.
(b) In his notebook.
(c) In Lucy's books.
(d) On pieces of scratch paper.

4. Who is Lucy's favorite singer?
(a) Perry Como.
(b) Dinah Shore.
(c) Frank Sinatra.
(d) Rosemary Clooney.

5. Who needs to approve the letter written to Tusker?
(a) Mrs. Bhoolabhoy.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Bloxsaw.
(d) Ibraham.

6. Where do Lucy and Tusker live?
(a) In The Lodge, an annex to the Smith's hotel.
(b) The Shiraz.
(c) The church parsonage.
(d) Rosewood Cottage.

7. What does Joseph like to do for work?
(a) Construction.
(b) Preaching.
(c) Work with plants.
(d) Hotel management.

8. Who did Ibrahim's father work for when Ibrahim was a child?
(a) House of Moxon-Greifes.
(b) The Bhoolabhoys.
(c) The Pantok Rifles.
(d) Lucy and Tusker.

9. Why did Mrs. Bhoolabhoy fire the old mali?
(a) She thought he drank with Mr. Bhoolabhoy.
(b) She thought he was stealing produce and selling it.
(c) She thought he was too noisy when he was working.
(d) She thought he slept on the job.

10. When Mr. Pandey, the lawyer's clerk, comes out of Mrs. Bhoolabhoy's room, what is she wearing?
(a) A silk pantsuit.
(b) A large salmon-colored dress.
(c) A negligee.
(d) A necklace of pearls.

11. What regiment did Tusker belong to?
(a) Star of India.
(b) The Prince's Elephants.
(c) Queen's Regiment.
(d) Pankot Rifles.

12. How did Ibrahim get into the movies when he was young?
(a) He would buy a ticket.
(b) He would sneak in with the driver.
(c) He never went to the movies as a child.
(d) He would sneak in with his brother and hide in the balcony.

13. When Tusker reads the paperwork on his bungalow, what does he discover about his lease?
(a) The lease gives them rooms at the Shiraz.
(b) There is no date on the lease.
(c) He has no lease in effect.
(d) The lease was never signed.

14. Who does Lucy have imaginary conversations with?
(a) Toole.
(b) Father Sebastian.
(c) Mr. Turner.
(d) Bloxsaw.

15. What does Mrs. Bhoolabhoy say she is buying into?
(a) A beach front resort.
(b) The Shiraz.
(c) A hotel consortium.
(d) A time-share condo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ibrahim call Lucy?

2. What does Joseph do on the 7th day he is employed?

3. At the opening of Chapter 2, where is Bloxsaw?

4. Who is included in the Farwell 1947 picture?

5. What do Tusker and Mr. Bhoolabhoy do together?

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