2. In the Fifth Moon, what memory returns to Maali?
(a) Recalls his Major terminating his contract with the army.
(b) That he can communicate with the dead.
(c) The police talking about the photos.
(d) Jaki's secret.

3. Where does Dr. Ranee encourage Maali to join her at the River of Births before his seventh moon?
(a) At the edge of the dreamscape.
(b) At the lake.
(c) At River of Voices.
(d) At the mara tree.

4. Who appears in Jaki’s dream in the Fifth Moon?
(a) Jaki.
(b) Maali.
(c) Spirits.
(d) Crow Man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who explains that Maali’s pain is a symptom of his attempts to escape the In Between?

2. How does Jaki use her platform with the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation to help her?

3. Where does Maali say he will meet DD on the night of his death in Fifth Moon?

4. In the Fifth Moon, what does Maali eavesdrop on?

5. What does Maali wish he could ask the universe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Maali spend the majority of his time focusing on Down There in the Fourth Moon?

2. What does Dr. Ranee inform Maali about in their first interaction?

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

4. What is the significance of the mara tree?

5. Why do others in the Afterlife continue to discourage Maali's attachment to Down There?

6. "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?

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

8. How does the author use Sena’s character?

9. Why does Dr. Ranee want Maali to feel at peace?

10. What does Maali think about while in the mara tree with Sena?

(see the answer keys)

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