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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. When Maali wakes in the afterlife, what does he think is happening?
(a) He thinks he is dreaming.
(b) He thinks he is dead.
(c) He thinks he is drunk.
(d) He thinks he is hallucinating.

2. Who is shocked by the gruesome photos?
(a) Elsa, Stanley, and the detectives.
(b) Jaki.
(c) Maali.
(d) The police.

3. What can Maali still not remember?
(a) How he died.
(b) How he got to the lake.
(c) His memories.
(d) His father.

4. Who does Maali meet to help him resolve his issues?
(a) The Crow Man.
(b) The Helpers.
(c) The bodyguard.
(d) The Spirits.

5. Where does Jaki believe the box is?
(a) At her house.
(b) At the hotel.
(c) At Stanley's house.
(d) At Ammas's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can the souls do in the Afterlife?

2. Who is The Crow Man?

3. What does Maali observe while in the Afterlife?

4. Where is the cemetery located?

5. Where does Maali wake up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Maali most concerned with?

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 are the photo negatives symbolic of?

4. What is the box of photographs symbolic of?

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

6. Who and what does Maali see on the Hotel Leo rooftop?

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

8. How is Maali's photojournalist work related to his death?

9. What does Maali watch Kottu and Balal doing?

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

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