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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is married to Mr. Perron?

2. Who sits behind the curtain to eat?

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

4. What does Ibrahim bring to the doctor to drink that he secretly hopes will make the doctor sick?

5. Who did Ibrahim's father work for when Ibrahim was a child?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Tusker's death determine Lucy's future in India?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Lucy describes her life as sad? What is her history? What is her present?

Essay Topic 3

How did Tusker and Lucy end up being the last English residents in India? What was Tusker's plan?

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