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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 month is it in Chapter 18?

2. Which character does Gustad unexpectedly see at Crawford Market in Chapter 15?

3. What is the name of the American aircraft carrier mentioned in Chapter 20?

4. In Chapter 12, what does Gustad sell to pay Roshan's medical bills?

5. What song does Roshan first sing for Dinshawji in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dilnavaz dump a pan full of a foul substance over Mr. Rabadi's head?

2. What happens to the pavement artist at the end of the novel?

3. Describe the candles that Gustad buys at Mount Mary and explain why he has to buy them.

4. Where do Laurie and Gustad meet on their lunch hour, and what do they discuss?

5. Why does Tehmul love the doll?

6. Why are the Nobles' medical expenses so high, and how do they pay them?

7. Why does Tehmul get hit with a brick?

8. What happens in Farad's room between Miss Kutpitia, Dilnavaz, and Tehmul?

9. Why does the pavement artist draw sacred pictures, and what are his qualifications for doing so?

10. Describe Gustad's interaction with the young man who sleeps in the luggage rack on the train.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Miss Kutpitia grow and change throughout the novel? Do you think she changes, or do you think the other characters' perceptions of her change? How do her living conditions change throughout the course of the novel? Feel free to include some references to flashback material in which the reader learns what she was like in her younger years.

Essay Topic 2

In your opinion, which character in this story is the most villainous? Which character is the most heroic? Explain. Does the villain also have heroic qualities, and does the hero also have villainous qualities? Use details from the text to support your opinions.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the scene at Mount Mary and the requests that Gustad makes there. Do you think his visiting Mount Mary makes sense, given his personality and ordinary behavior? Do you think his trip is effective? Explain.

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