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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 effect did the judge's friend Bose have on him when he was living in England?
2. What is Sai's reaction upon watching the police strip the cook of his pride?
3. What is one of the main privileges the judge loses when he first returns from England?
4. Who is Sai's first tutor?
5. How does Sai and Gyan's relationship change as they spend more time together?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the first chapter reveal about the social structures that exist between the introductory characters?
2. How does Sai's having attended a Catholic school impact her identity in terms of the people around her?
3. What miscommunication exists between Biju and the cook in chapter 15?
4. In chapter 23, what do Sai and Gyan discover they have in common?
5. In chapter 4, why do Sai and the cook justify the manner in which the police treated the cook?
6. What is the significance of the elaborate Christmas celebration in chapter 25?
7. Why is Jemu's reaction to his wife's going through his things in chapter 28 so severe that he rapes her?
8. In chapter 19, why does the author have both the cook and Lola experience difficulty communicating with a loved-one abroad?
9. In chapter 21, how do Noni and Lola's views of the Nepalese liberation movement differ?
10. In chapter 11, what do we learn about Indian servants' preferences for employers?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Gyan is constantly being pulled in different directions throughout the novel. His love for Sai feels improper because she could never be the submissive Indian wife his family would approve of. In addition, he feels as if he should put aside trivial things like his childish feelings for Sai and become a man in order to fight for the cause of a homeland. Do you think his romance and fighting for a cause are necessarily mutually exclusive? Do you think it is necessary for him to make a choice, or could he have both? If you had to choose between the two, which would you choose, and why?
Essay Topic 2
Do Sai and Gyan's recognition of a common ancestral connection to the British bring them closer together, push them farther apart, or do both at different times? Are these similarities equally important to Sai and Gyan? Why are their connections to the British so important, so troublesome, or both?
Essay Topic 3
Why do you think the cook remains with the judge, even though the judge is distant and treats him unkindly? Why do you think the cook lies about being mistreated, rather than trying to do something about it? Do you think he would have remained with the judge if Sai had never come to stay with them? What role does Sai play in the cook's life?
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