|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. At the beginning of Chapter 5, who cooks a meal for Ibrahim and Joseph?
(a) Minnie.
(b) Tusker.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Mrs. Bhoolabhoy.
2. On the morning that the novel opens, what is Mr. Bhoolabhoy working on for his wife?
(a) The books.
(b) The garden.
(c) A letter to Tusker.
(d) A projects for the church.
3. What does Joseph do on the 7th day he is employed?
(a) He gets drunk.
(b) He rests.
(c) He gambles.
(d) He works.
4. Who went into labor at Rose Cottage?
(a) Susan.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Mrs. Layton.
(d) Sarah.
5. What work did Joseph do for the church?
(a) Repaired the organ.
(b) Arranged the flowers.
(c) Reads from the Bible during the service.
(d) Cleaned the graveyard.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Ibrahim call Tusker?
2. Where did Mr. Bhoolabhoy find Joseph?
3. When Mr. Bhoolabhoy visits Tusker, Ibrahim hears his telling Tusker about the new hotel in Ranpur. What is the name of the hotel?
4. What happened in 1947?
5. What tragic event did Sarah see just before the Farwell 1947 picture was taken?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Joseph do with the lawn mower? Why is this important? Who is he crossing?
2. Why does Tusker cry in the bathroom?
3. What do you think is Tusker's past concerning drinking and the police?
4. What did Ibrahim do to care for Tusker through the night the first time Tusker fell ill?
5. In Chapter 7 Lucy gives the reader a first glimpse of her feelings about Tusker's friendships with Indians. How does she feel? What are her racial views? How does she present herself to the Indians?
6. Where is the Shiraz in relation to the Lodges and what effect does their location have on the Lodges?
7. How often is Ibrahim fired and why?
8. Describe Mr. Bhoolabhoy's vision of the future for his hotel. How does the news about the Nansera Valley Development affect his views?
9. Why does it make Lucy sad when she listens to the old gramophone? Where are her feelings coming from?
10. How does the reader know that Tusker was reading the letter when he died?
|
This section contains 838 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|



