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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. What do the ear folds revelation prevent him doing?

2. Who is Maali's parents?

3. Who does Maari want to amass an army of spirits?

4. Why is Maali attached to Down There?

5. What is the power that the Crow Man gives Maali?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Maali most concerned with?

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

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

5. What are the photo negatives symbolic of?

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

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

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

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

10. Why do Ranchagoda and Cassim visit Hotel Leo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what extent are the influences of other writers, like García Marquez and Salman Rushdie visible in Seven Moons?

Essay Topic 2

Why is Maali upset when he witnesses the Minister burn the box? How does Sena challenge Maali's point of view during this moment?

Essay Topic 3

"You were never claustrophobic despite all that time spent in bunkers and narrow beds and lifelong closets. But, like any reasonable person, you’d like the option of running away, especially when there is plenty to run from" (140). Discuss what is meant by this quote, and how it relates to the way Maali was forced to live his life.

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