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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. What does Maali see on the rooftop?
(a) A fight.
(b) A murder.
(c) A line of suicides stand on the edge.
(d) A cop arrest a boy.

2. Who is Sena Pathirana?
(a) A social activist.
(b) Former chief JVP organizer.
(c) Former JVP assistant.
(d) A teacher.

3. What does Maali realize at the end of First Moon?
(a) He must kiss Sena.
(b) He must communicate with Jaki and DD.
(c) That he is dead.
(d) That he must forgive his father.

4. Who does Maali consult with about talking to people Down There?
(a) The Helpers.
(b) A bodyguard.
(c) Dr. Ranee.
(d) The Spirits.

5. Who is The Crow Man?
(a) A tax man.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A liaison between the living and dead.
(d) A figure of death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sena guess Maali was thrown off the roof by?

2. What is Maali's full name?

3. What do the ear folds revelation prevent him doing?

4. Who does Maari run into in the Afterlife?

5. What did Maali make for the young American journalist, Andrew McGown?

Short Essay Questions

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

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 experiences indicate to Maali that he is dead?

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

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

6. What is in the box under Maali's bed?

7. What do the photos reveal, and why is Maali desperate for his friends to locate the negatives?

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

9. Why does Maali feel as if his life has been a waste?

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

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