2. What movie does Lucy go to see the evening Tusker and Mr. Bhoolabhoy are visiting?
(a) The Getaway.
(b) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
(c) The Fugitive.
(d) The Sound of Music.

3. Where do the Smalleys usually eat?
(a) The main hotel dining room.
(b) At the club.
(c) At the Pankot Rifles.
(d) At the Shiraz.

4. Who is David Turner?
(a) An old friend of Tusker's.
(b) Minnie's husband.
(c) A student coming to India.
(d) A friend of Ibrahim's.

5. When Mr. Pandey, the lawyer's clerk, comes out of Mrs. Bhoolabhoy's room, what is she wearing?
(a) A negligee.
(b) A necklace of pearls.
(c) A silk pantsuit.
(d) A large salmon-colored dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Mr. Bhoolabhoy have an affair?

2. Who does Lucy have imaginary conversations with?

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

4. How long does Ibrahim tell Joseph that the Smalleys have been in India?

5. When Ibrahim takes Bloxsaw to the coffee shop, who does he see there?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Ibrahim mean when he talks about going to England for the experience? What point is he trying to get across to Joseph?

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

4. Why is Tusker called Tusker? How did he get the nickname? There are two stories.

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. Why do you think Joseph left Rampur and the sisters?

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

(see the answer keys)

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