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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After Lucy gets up from her four hour nap and dances the entire evening with her imaginary dance partner, what does she do?
(a) She stays up until Tusker gets home.
(b) She goes to see Mrs. Bhoolabhoy.
(c) Sits on the veranda and re-reads Tusker's letter.
(d) She fixes dinner for herself.

3. How does Tusker find out that Lucy hired the mali?
(a) Lucy tells him.
(b) Mrs. Bhoolabhoy tells him.
(c) Mr. Bhoolabhoy tells hiim.
(d) Ibrahim tells him.

4. What has Lucy NOT told Tusker about?
(a) How she feels about his attitude lately.
(b) That Ibrahim is still working for them.
(c) That Bloxsaw needs to walk every day.
(d) The photographs, Col. Layton and Mr. Turner.

5. What is the noise that Mr. Bhoolabhoy hears while praying?
(a) The lawn mower.
(b) The organ.
(c) Joseph using the shears to trim the bushes.
(d) Gravediggers.

6. As Lucy is leaving the churchyard, what message does Mr. Bhoolabhoy want her to give to Tusker?
(a) That he is looking forward to dinner.
(b) That he wants to play some cards.
(c) That he is sorry Tusker is so sick.
(d) That he won't be by that evening to see him.

7. After Tusker's death, when Lucy wakes in the middle of the night, who is still there looking after her?
(a) Dr. Mitra.
(b) Susy.
(c) Ibrahim, Minnie and Joseph.
(d) Father Sebastian.

8. On Tusker's birthday, what does he want to do with Lucy?
(a) Take a nap.
(b) Have lunch and go to the movies.
(c) Have dinner at the club.
(d) Take a long walk.

9. What kind of mood is Tusker in on his birthday?
(a) A bad mood.
(b) A good mood.
(c) He fired Ibrahim.
(d) Quiet.

10. As Ibrahim and Lucy plan the dinner for Father Sebastian, what does Lucy do?
(a) She starts a list.
(b) She pours gin for both her and Ibrahim.
(c) She makes coffee.
(d) She makes some eggs.

11. Why is Tusker impressed by the new Father Sebastian?
(a) His sermons are very serious.
(b) The sermon is funny and very good.
(c) He is a good singer.
(d) He knows how to raise lots of money.

12. When Susy needs to tell Lucy that Tusker has died, what does she bring her?
(a) A glass of gin.
(b) An aspirin.
(c) A cup of tea.
(d) A cup of coffee.

13. When Mrs. Bhoolabhoy tries to renegotiate her contract with the hotel consortium, what happens?
(a) She loses the deal completely.
(b) She gets more money.
(c) She gets what she wants.
(d) She gets a bad deal.

14. In her imaginary conversation with Mr. Turner, what does Lucy tell him when they reach the top of the hill that overlooks Pankot?
(a) She's leaving Tusker.
(b) She could never be happy here.
(c) She dyes her hair.
(d) She points out the sights like the bazaar, the church and Rose Cottage.

15. Tusker gives a complete accounting of all the money in his letter, but what else does he say that touches Lucy?
(a) He admits to being a fool.
(b) He tells her that he's glad he married her.
(c) He says he wishes he'd returned to Africa.
(d) He says he wanted to stay in the military.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mr. Bhoolabhoy's father do for a living?

2. While Mr. Bhoolabhoy is praying, he hears a noise that makes him imagine something. What is he imagining?

3. Who is having a holiday party just before Easter?

4. What does Mr. Bhoolabhoy tell Lucy to do if she runs into his wife?

5. As Joseph, Lucy and Mr. Bhoolabhoy are looking at a grave, who appears?

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