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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. Who did Maali take his negatives to?

2. Where is the cemetery located?

3. What does Maali most want to remember?

4. What does the Ear Check reveal?

5. Who does Maari run into in the Afterlife?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Maali think is happening when he first wakes in the In Between?

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

4. What are the photo negatives symbolic of?

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

6. How does the experience on the rooftop impact Maali emotionally?

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

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

9. What is Maali most concerned with?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Seven Moons has been described as a cross-genre novel, merging magical realism with a ghost story, a whodunnit, and a state-of-the-nation piece of work. Discuss how Shehan Karunatilaka has allowed these genres to intersect and whether you think it is successful.

Essay Topic 2

What is Maali’s last wish before he dies?

Essay Topic 3

Maali Almeida’s final mission is to hold the tyrants at the heart of the Sri Lankan civil war accountable for their atrocities. Do you think he is successful? Is his parting body of work enough to instruct change?

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