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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 does Dr. Ranee recommend to Maari?

2. What object does Maali have on him when he first wakes up?

3. Why is Maali attached to Down There?

4. Who has a warrant to search the premises for Maali’s photos?

5. What do the ear folds revelation prevent him doing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Maali watch Kottu and Balal doing?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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

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