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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 has Lucy NOT told Tusker about?

2. When Susy and Father Sebastian arrive at church will lots of flowers, what were they doing earlier in the day?

3. What day is it at the opening of Chapter 12?

4. How is Joseph learning to read English?

5. As Joseph, Lucy and Mr. Bhoolabhoy are looking at a grave, who appears?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lucy think when Mr. Bhoolabhoy stalls her from leaving the church?

2. Why does Mr. Bhoolabhoy not want Lucy to speak to Mrs. Bhoolabhoy if they run into each other at the club? What is he hiding?

3. As Lucy and Ibrahim stand in the kitchen and plan Father Sebastian's meal, Lucy pours Ibrahim a gin. What does this signify? Does the action seen too familiar or does it seem to fit the relationship between the two?

4. Who was Toole? Why does Lucy constantly compare other men to him? Why is he important?

5. Describe Tusker's behavior after he talked on the phone with Mr. Turner.

6. What is the financial situation for Lucy after Tusker dies? Why is she explaining this to Mr. Turner?

7. What did Tusker do at the time of the "debacle?"

8. Tusker is found dead with the letter in his hand. What role does Dr. Mitra play in how the letter is handled?

9. How does Lucy describe the valley to the imaginary Mr. Turner? What does she say about the first time she saw the valley?

10. Why is Lucy concerned about whether Joseph speaks English? What does she try to teach Joseph about the gravestones?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Lucy see herself as a tourist attraction? What does she imagine that she and Tusker should be doing when visitors come to add to the expectation? What is so different about Lucy and Tusker that people would travel to meet them?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the servant's role during the time of the raj and 1972. What has changed?

Essay Topic 3

What changed for the English after 1947? Who stayed on at that point and why did they stay?

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