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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who arrives demanding to see the warrant?
(a) Jaki.
(b) The police.
(c) Amma.
(d) DD and Stanley.

2. What does Maali observe while in the Afterlife?
(a) The detectives cannot find his body.
(b) His body being discovered.
(c) Aliens.
(d) People on Earth walking.

3. Who do Elsa, detectives, and Stanley recognize in the photos?
(a) The boy.
(b) The Minister of Justice.
(c) The policeman.
(d) Maali.

4. Who do Elsa and the detectives want Jaki’s help?
(a) To find the photos.
(b) To search for Maali.
(c) To sneak into the FujiKodak shop.
(d) To get the photos enlarged.

5. What does Maali worry about?
(a) The pictures will be seen by all.
(b) The pictures are lost forever.
(c) The pictures he took will never be seen.
(d) That he will be naked.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Second Moon, where does Maali visit?

2. Who does Maali meet to help him resolve his issues?

3. What career does Maali have?

4. Why is Maali attached to Down There?

5. Where are the pictures hidden?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who tells Maali to get his ears checked and what does the doctor say about ear folds?

2. What does Maali watch Kottu and Balal doing?

3. Why do Ranchagoda and Cassim visit Hotel Leo?

4. How does the author particularly use Maali’s box of photos in the novel?

5. How does Maali ensure that his life actually had meaning?

6. What is Maali most concerned with?

7. How does the CNTR worker, Elsa Mathangi agree to help the detectives?

8. What experiences indicate to Maali that he is dead?

9. Why is Maali unsure about what happened to him?

10. In the opening section of the novel, “First Moon,” why does the author use the main character Maali’s second person point of view?

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