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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the woman tell him?

2. What does Maali see on the rooftop?

3. What do the ear folds show?

4. Who does Jaki's flat belong to?

5. What does Maali watch Kottu and Balal doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Maali eager to make contact with his friends?

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

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

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

5. What experiences indicate to Maali that he is dead?

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

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

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

9. What is Maali most concerned with?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The book oscillates between real-life and an ‘in-between’ underworld, an afterlife that is as bureaucratic as the world above - laden with rules. Discuss why the author has subverted the idea that for many a better afterlife exists.

Essay Topic 2

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is narrated entirely in the second person. Why might the author have chosen to write the novel in this manner?

Essay Topic 3

What does Maali realize after the Department of Justice explosion? What does his time at the River of Births and in The Light reveal to him?

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