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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. When Mr. Pandey, the lawyer's clerk, comes out of Mrs. Bhoolabhoy's room, what is she wearing?

2. What movie does Lucy go to see the evening Tusker and Mr. Bhoolabhoy are visiting?

3. What is Ibrahim afraid of if Tusker dies?

4. What tragic event did Sarah see just before the Farwell 1947 picture was taken?

5. What does Mrs. Bhoolabhoy call her husband?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the incident on the train. What was the origin of the violence?

3. 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?

4. How does Joseph react when Ibrahim shows him the tool shed? Why? Why is this scene significant to the story?

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

6. Why does Tusker cry in the bathroom?

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

8. What does it say about Tusker and Lucy's ability to communicate when neither of them acknowledges the new mali?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does Minnie play? What is her most important contribution to the story? Why do you think so?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Why can Lucy no longer trust Tusker? What happened in their past that leaves Lucy feeling alone?

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