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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 did the judge do to his wife after asking her if she was stupid?
2. Why do Sai and her neighbors travel to Darjeeling in March?
3. What is Biju wearing as he approaches his father's house?
4. What is Biju doing as his father struggles to survive in the village that's been shut down?
5. As the conflict becomes riddled with random violence, how do the village residents begin to react?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the biggest loss that nearly all the characters inherited when the English left India?
2. In chapter 38, could Lola and Noni have prevented the village community from shunning them if they hadn't flaunted their wealth all their lives?
3. In chapter 31, what does Sai's assertion that it is unwise to read old books tell the reader about her?
4. In chapter 37, does Noni make the right decision by allowing the GNLF boys to stay in their home? Or should she have listened to Lola and tried to make them leave?
5. What do Biju's childhood memories reveal about his character?
6. What does the judge's reaction to Mutt's disappearance in chapter 46 reveal about his character?
7. Are the characters searching for Mutt in chapter 49 all actually searching for someone else? If so, for whom are they searching?
8. In chapter 40, how does Sai react when she discovers that Gyan lives in poverty and what does this signify?
9. How are the cook's feelings about Biju in chapter 43 similar to the feelings Biju expresses about his home in chapter 41?
10. How does the women's discussion about religion in the library reflect the events that surround them?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How do the judge's behavior and actions upon returning from England to his family represent the English and Indian sides of himself? Has he adopted the best English customs and the worst Indian ones, or vice-versa?
Essay Topic 2
As civilization breaks down in the Indian village, the rich ultimately pay the price. Would they have been treated differently if they had given all their money to the liberation cause when the unrest had begun? Or is it inevitable that they would be viewed as upper class and shunned and taken advantage of, regardless of their current status?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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