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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. How did the men from the school respond to the dance?

2. Who does Raju say should attempt a hunger strike to return the rains?

3. What new habit did Raju take up during Nalini's career?

4. What did Nalini discover when she visited the person Raju sent her to see?

5. Where did Nalini live at the end of Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Raju propose he and Rosie do about her career?

2. Why did Raju have a hard time emotionally with not being able to please Rosie constantly?

3. What message does Raju attempt to send to the villagers through Velan's relative?

4. Who called Raju "a humble humanitarian" and why?

5. In Chapter 6, how long has Raju been at the temple?

6. After Marco and Rosie's fight, how did the relationship between Rosie and Raju change?

7. Besides starting Rosie's dancing career, why was her name change significant?

8. How did Raju view his role in Nalini's career?

9. How did Raju react when his mother and Nalini both moved on without him?

10. Why did Raju's life unravel in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Raju's main character flaw, his preoccupation with reputation, lead the course of his life? Identify and defend the major areas of the novel where Raju had the ability to keep his life on track if he were not so consumed with reputation. In these various instances, why was Raju unable to learn his lesson? What caused Raju to finally see beyond himself?

Essay Topic 2

What purpose did Raju's uncle play in the novel? How did his interjection into Raju's life change the relationships Raju had with his mother and with Rosie? What gave Raju's uncle this power?

Essay Topic 3

How did Raju's gift to constantly meet everyone's needs help him to get ahead in life? In what ways did it hold him back? What made him unable to say "no" to others?

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