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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. What are the Smalleys the last survivors of?

2. Who is included in the Farwell 1947 picture?

3. What does Mr. Bhoolabhoy think of Lucy?

4. When Lucy thanks Ibrahim for cleaning the items in her room, what does she ask him to do with her?

5. What does Joseph like to do for work?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Ibrahim do to care for Tusker through the night the first time Tusker fell ill?

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

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

5. Why does Tusker cry in the bathroom?

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

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

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

9. As the new mali, Joseph, works, everyone acts as if he isn't there. What does each character gain from this behavior?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lucy's description of the raising of the flag of India is very emotional. Why did Lucy and Tusker feel emotional at this site? Were they aware that their lives were going to change as much as they did? They had not connected in years, but did in this moment. Why? What did they have in common?

Essay Topic 2

Why is Lucy angry after reading Sarah Layton's letter? Why is anger the emotion that comes to the surface?

Essay Topic 3

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

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