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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tusker treat the new mali?
(a) He treats him like a slave.
(b) He is very friendly.
(c) He doesn't look or speak to him.
(d) He yells at him for making noise.

2. What does Susy Williams do at the church?
(a) Preaches.
(b) Plays the piano and arranges the flowers.
(c) Plays the organ.
(d) She is the church secretary.

3. On the morning that the novel opens, what is Mr. Bhoolabhoy working on for his wife?
(a) The garden.
(b) The books.
(c) A letter to Tusker.
(d) A projects for the church.

4. What does Ibrahim call Lucy?
(a) Miss Lucy.
(b) Mrs. Smalley.
(c) Memsahib.
(d) Lucy.

5. What are the Smalleys the last survivors of?
(a) Pankot.
(b) Smith's hotel.
(c) India - Pakistan wars.
(d) Pankot's permanent retired British residents.

6. What does Mrs. Bhoolabhoy do every Monday?
(a) Drinks with Tusker.
(b) Lays in bed with a migrane headache.
(c) Plays bridge.
(d) Works on her accounts for the hotel.

7. 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.

8. Why did Lucy not perform as an understudy for the play when the leading actress became ill?
(a) She did not know the character's dialogue.
(b) She was too scared to perform.
(c) She was a terrible actress.
(d) Tusker told her not to.

9. Who did Lucy call to help her the first time Tusker fell ill?
(a) Ibrahim.
(b) Mr. Bhoolabhoy.
(c) Minnie.
(d) Mrs. Bhoolabhoy.

10. Where does Tusker wish to be buried?
(a) In England.
(b) At Pankot Rifles.
(c) At the old church.
(d) In Ranpur.

11. What does Joseph do on the 7th day he is employed?
(a) He works.
(b) He gambles.
(c) He gets drunk.
(d) He rests.

12. What did Lucy do when she and Tusker met?
(a) She was a secretary.
(b) She stayed at home and cared for her mother.
(c) She was an attorney.
(d) She was a teacher.

13. What is Ibrahim afraid of if Tusker dies?
(a) That he will have to move to England with Lucy.
(b) That Lucy will go home.
(c) That Lucy will be broke.
(d) That Lucy will die.

14. What do Lucy and Tusker drink before they retire for the evening?
(a) Hot cocoa.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Tea.
(d) Orange Juice.

15. When Ibrahim takes Bloxsaw to the coffee shop, who does he see there?
(a) The English hippie.
(b) Mrs. Bhoolabhoy and a strange group of Indian men.
(c) Minnie.
(d) Tusker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Mr. Bhoolabhoy call in Rampur to ask about Joseph?

2. When Tusker reads the paperwork on his bungalow, what does he discover about his lease?

3. What does Lucy remember about her twin brother being mean to her?

4. What does Mr. Bhoolabhoy think of Lucy?

5. What does Mr. Thomas do for a living?

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