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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 is Maali eager to talk to?
(a) Elsa, Jaki, and Stanley.
(b) Stanley and Kottu.
(c) DD, Jaki, and Amma.
(d) Sena and Stanley.

2. What does Dr. Ranee say gets stuck in the In Between?
(a) Past time.
(b) Spirits.
(c) Material things.
(d) Memories.

3. What does the Ear Check reveal?
(a) Maali can speak to ghosts.
(b) Maali can communicate to Jaki and DD.
(c) Maali was killed violently and killed someone.
(d) Maali is dead.

4. What does Maali hear when he first wakes up?
(a) Distant cries.
(b) Screaming.
(c) Music.
(d) Arguing.

5. At the beginning of Second Moon, where does Maali visit?
(a) The rooftop of Hotel Leo.
(b) Jaki's apartment.
(c) His father's house.
(d) The lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year are the photos taken?

2. What kind of tree is at the edge of the kanatte?

3. Who do Elsa and the detectives want Jaki’s help?

4. What does Maali watch Kottu and Balal doing?

5. What does Sena claim that Maali did to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maali watch Kottu and Balal doing?

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

3. What does Maali's ear check ultimately reveal?

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

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

6. What is Maali trying to remember while on his mission?

7. Why does Dr. Ranee continue urging Maali to get the Ear Check?

8. What does Maali think is happening when he first wakes in the In Between?

9. How does the experience on the rooftop impact Maali emotionally?

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

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