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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mr. Bhoolabhoy like to drink with Tusker? What does Tusker know?
(a) All about money.
(b) Military history.
(c) All the scandals.
(d) Bridge.

2. Why was Ibrahim never allowed to see the ending of movies when he was a child?
(a) He never went to the movies as a child.
(b) His father did not want him to see the endings of the movies.
(c) He was afraid to watch the endings of movies.
(d) He had to be out in front on the theater to great his father's employer.

3. Why is Lucy angry that Tusker told people how they met?
(a) She didn't want people to know her past.
(b) Because it marked her as a woman who once had to work.
(c) She didn't want people to know her maiden name.
(d) She was embarrassed that she married Tusker.

4. What religion does Joseph practice?
(a) Hinduism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Judaism.

5. The morning the letter is delivered, who is missing?
(a) Mr. Bhoolabhoy.
(b) Ibrahim.
(c) Mrs. Bhoolabhoy.
(d) The mali.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lucy dancing with at the end of Chapter 5?

2. Why did Mrs. Bhoolabhoy fire the old mali?

3. What event do Tusker and Lucy host every spring and fall?

4. Why does Joseph want to go to England?

5. What does Ibrahim call Lucy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mr. Bhoolabhoy's vision of the future for his hotel. How does the news about the Nansera Valley Development affect his views?

2. When Father Sebastian arrives, Susy says that she will not work for a black pastor. What race is Susy and why does she feel this way? is it simply racial prejudice or is there something deeper?

3. How often is Ibrahim fired and why?

4. What is the future of the Lodge? Who is making decisions for the future of the Lodge? How are they to profit?

5. What do you think is Tusker's past concerning drinking and the police?

6. Why do you think Minnie is sitting behind a curtain to eat her meal?

7. Why does it make Lucy sad when she listens to the old gramophone? Where are her feelings coming from?

8. How did Tusker mark Lucy in India as a woman who had to work?

9. What does Joseph do with the lawn mower? Why is this important? Who is he crossing?

10. How does the reader know that Tusker was reading the letter when he died?

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