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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mr. Bhoolabhoy is trying to stall Lucy from leaving the churchyard, what does Lucy think?
(a) He's tired.
(b) He's lonely.
(c) He's talkative.
(d) He's flirting with her.

2. How old was Tusker when he retired?
(a) 65.
(b) 64.
(c) 48.
(d) 40.

3. What did Mr. Bhoolabhoy's father do for a living?
(a) He was a train engineer.
(b) He was a farmer.
(c) He ran a hotel.
(d) He was a servant.

4. After reading the letter, Lucy goes to bed. Whose voices does she hear later in the evening?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Dr. and Mrs. Mitra.
(c) Mrs. Bhoolabhoy.
(d) Father Sebastian and Susy.

5. Who was Sir Perceval Large?
(a) Lucy's uncle.
(b) Lucy's father.
(c) Lucy's boss.
(d) Lucy's first husband.

6. Where did Tusker live when Lucy first met him?
(a) In England.
(b) In America.
(c) In Africa.
(d) In India.

7. Who was Toole?
(a) Peter O'Toole, the actor.
(b) Steve McQueen, the actor.
(c) Lucy's brother.
(d) A young man who worked for Lucy's uncle.

8. Who was Lucy's friend where she worked in England?
(a) Susy's mother.
(b) Mrs. Bhoolabhoy.
(c) Susy.
(d) Martha Price.

9. What does Tusker to at the holiday party with the children?
(a) He sings with them.
(b) He plays hide and seek with them.
(c) He reads the Holi story to them.
(d) He plays with them and throws colored powder on them.

10. What kind of wedding did Lucy imagine with Tusker?
(a) A large church wedding.
(b) Her father to marry them.
(c) A military wedding.
(d) A small wedding.

11. When Susy and Father Sebastian arrive at church will lots of flowers, what were they doing earlier in the day?
(a) Susy is showing Father her shop.
(b) Having breakfast together.
(c) Looking in on Susy's mom.
(d) Visiting Lucy and Tusker.

12. What is the holiday celebrated in India just before Easter?
(a) Hindu Easter.
(b) Passover.
(c) Holi.
(d) Palm Sunday.

13. What does Mrs. Bhoolabhoy want to put in the letter to Tusker?
(a) To fire their mali.
(b) To come to dinner.
(c) To fire Ibrahim.
(d) To look for other accommodations.

14. What does Mrs. Bhoolabhoy do in front of the servants during an argument with her husband?
(a) Calls him a coward.
(b) Pushes him.
(c) Yells at him.
(d) Fires him.

15. How do Lucy and Tusker get home after church on Easter?
(a) The have a car.
(b) Taxi.
(c) They ride in the tonga.
(d) They walk.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Tusker's death, when Lucy wakes in the middle of the night, who is still there looking after her?

2. What has Lucy NOT told Tusker about?

3. What is Lucy riding in as she leaves the churchyard?

4. After Tusker dies, Lucy is sitting on the loo and remembers that she must call someone. Who?

5. Who takes Tusker and Lucy home after the holiday party?

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