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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. In Fifth Moon, who interrupts Maali’s return to his past?

2. What does Maali want Jaki to forget about?

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

4. Why did Maali's Major terminate his contract?

5. What does the Minister convince Elsa to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do others in the Afterlife continue to discourage Maali's attachment to Down There?

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

3. What is the significance of the mara tree?

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

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

6. Why does Maali continue lamenting the loss of his photographs?

7. How did Maali hurt DD?

8. How does the author convey Maali's spiritual trascencedence?

9. Why is Maali desperate to control Down There?

10. Why does Dr. Ranee want Maali to feel at peace?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

What is the significance of the mara tree? What does Maali think about while in the mara tree with Sena?

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