2. What object did Maali wear during his time as a war photographer?
(a) A scarf.
(b) A red pin.
(c) A purple heart.
(d) A red bandana.

3. What does Maali wish he could ask the universe?
(a) Who is The Crow Man.
(b) Why did he die?
(c) Why is there death?
(d) Why people are born, why they die, and why anything has to be.

4. In the Fifth Moon, who discusses Maali’s case?
(a) Elsa and Kuga.
(b) Jaki.
(c) The police.
(d) The Crow Man.

5. Who mishears what Maali is trying to tell Jaki?
(a) The spirits.
(b) Crow Man.
(c) The dead.
(d) The bodyguard.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many dreams does Jaki have in the Fifth Moon?

2. Who does Maali converse with while reliving scenes from his past in the Fifth Moon?

3. Who wrote Maali regular letters after leaving him in the Fifth Moon?

4. In the Fifth Moon, where does Maali visit?

5. In Fourth Moon, what does Maali wish he had with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Maali upset when he witnesses the Minister burn the box?

2. How did Maali hurt DD?

3. Why does Maali continue lamenting the loss of his photographs?

4. How does Maali's sense of truth and reality falter?

5. "I was there to witness. That is all. All those sunrises and all those massacres existed because I filmed them. Now, they are as dead as me” (244). What does this quote mean?

6. What is Maali gaining now that he is a member of the spirit world?

7. Why is Maali desperate to control Down There?

8. What does Maali tell Dr. Ranee after emerging from the dreamscape?

9. What happens the longer Maali occupies the In Between?

10. What does Dr. Ranee teach Maali about good and evil?

(see the answer keys)

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