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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. Who did Ibrahim's father work for when Ibrahim was a child?
(a) The Pantok Rifles.
(b) The Bhoolabhoys.
(c) House of Moxon-Greifes.
(d) Lucy and Tusker.

2. Where did Mr. Bhoolabhoy find Joseph?
(a) Sleeping under the porch at church.
(b) At the bazaar.
(c) Working at the Shiraz.
(d) On a trip to Bombay.

3. Why does Ibrahim go to Europe?
(a) To try the food.
(b) For the money.
(c) To live with his mother.
(d) To deliver his sister and for the experience.

4. When Lucy thanks Ibrahim for cleaning the items in her room, what does she ask him to do with her?
(a) To cook dinner.
(b) To take Bloxsaw outside.
(c) Take a walk.
(d) Go back and clean a few more things.

5. Who needs to approve the letter written to Tusker?
(a) Bloxsaw.
(b) Mrs. Bhoolabhoy.
(c) Ibraham.
(d) Lucy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who went into labor at Rose Cottage?

2. What happens to Ibraham the morning the letter is delivered?

3. What is Tusker doing at the time of his death?

4. Who is the letter delivered to?

5. When Mr. Bhoolabhoy visits Tusker, Ibrahim hears his telling Tusker about the new hotel in Ranpur. What is the name of the hotel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it important to the story that the Smalleys have no lease in effect?

2. What does Ibrahim dress in when Col. and Mrs. Smalley are guests at the Pankot Rifles Mess? What is this a symbol of?

3. How do you think it made Ibrahim feel to never see the endings of the movies? What do you think his reaction was years later when he saw the endings in England?

4. Describe the character of Mrs. Bhoolabhoy. How does she behave and how do the people around her react to her behavior?

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

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

7. Why does Ibrahim not like the doctor? Name at least 3 reasons

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. How does Tusker know that he is not hallucinating the mali? What does he decide to do about it?

10. Where is the Shiraz in relation to the Lodges and what effect does their location have on the Lodges?

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