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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 wrote Maali regular letters after leaving him in the Fifth Moon?

2. What does the Minister do with in the crematorium with Maali’s bones?

3. Who announces that Maali is one of the 15 dead found by the UN?

4. In Sixth Moon, what is the name of the horrific place full of torture and violence?

5. What is the name of the Lake where Maali's body is?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Maali attempt to communicate to Jaki that the negatives are not important?

3. What does Maali tell Dr. Ranee after emerging from the dreamscape?

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

5. How does Maali's sense of truth and reality falter?

6. How did Maali hurt DD?

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

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

9. What is the significance of the mara tree?

10. "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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Seven Moons is laced with off-beat humor; the author adds levity to heavier moments. In an interview with The Booker Prize, he said, of Sri Lankans, "We specialize in gallows humor and make jokes in the face of our crises.’" Has the author succeeded in bringing the humor of his nation to life?

Essay Topic 2

Despite being gay, Maali has an unusual relationship with a woman, Jaki. What was the purpose of their relationship? Were there benefits for each, or was it one-sided?

Essay Topic 3

How did Maali spend the night of his death? How did he hurt DD?

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