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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 was the name of Raju's creditor?

2. How does Raju keep track of time at the temple?

3. Where did Raju get his glasses?

4. How did Raju propose raising money to pay the creditor?

5. Velan's relative says Velan won't stop fighting until he has accomplished what goal?

Short Essay Questions

1. As Nalini continued to manage her career, what did Raju learn about her as a person and in relation to the men in her lives?

2. What did Raju do to prepare for the men from the local school? What did this reveal about Raju?

3. How did Raju force Nalini to spend her days during her dancing career?

4. How do all of the discussions in the village link together in Chapter 6?

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

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

7. Why did Raju keep the letter about the jewelry from Nalini?

8. How did Raju feel about being replaced as Nalini's manager?

9. Why did Nalini dance for the men from the local school?

10. How is Raju's perception of the world changing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Raju view his father as a business man? What clues from the text support your answer? How did his view of his father affect his relationship with his mother? Why is this so?

Essay Topic 2

How did Raju's obsession with Rosie/Nalini change over time? What motives launched his obsession? What continued to motivate his obsession in the late stages of their relationship? What caused the change in dynamics?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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