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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 is the second way that an "enterprising driver" can earn a little extra cash in Belram's sidebar in “The Sixth Night”?

2. How much money is in the envelope that Pinky Madam gives to Balram at the airport?

3. To what hotel does Mr. Ashok have Balram drive him in “The Sixth Night”?

4. How much does the food cost at the tea shop that Balram orders for Mr. Ashok in “The Sixth Night”?

5. Where is the hotel that the diseased driver takes Balram to for the prostitute in “The Sixth Night”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is signficant about the events with the minister's assistant and Mr. Ashok in "The Sixth Morning"?

2. What is significant about the author's imagery of the Rooster Coop in the novel?

3. What imagery does Balram describe seeing about him in the city in "The Sixth Night," and what is its significance?

4. What causes the conflict to erupt when Balram is with the prostitute in "The Sixth Night"?

5. What symbolism can be seen in the train station in the end of "The Sixth Night"?

6. What is significant about Balram's breaking the liquor bottle in "The Sixth Night"?

7. What is signified by the envelope left to Balram by Pinky Madam?

8. What does the murder of Mr. Ashok represent thematically in The White Tiger?

9. What are examples of foreshadowing seen in "The Fifth Night"?

10. What is the significance of Balram's encounter with the white tiger at the zoo in "The Sixth Night"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the symbolic and metaphorical significance of the Black Fort in the story. What does this setting represent to Balram? What literary allusion is tied to this imagery?

Essay Topic 2

What circumstances and events lead Balram to leave the village where he was born and grew up? Where did he first go? With whom did he go? What work did he find there?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the two hit-and-run occurrences that happen in the text. What are the repercussions and outcomes in each of these events? What do the events themselves symbolize? What themes are illustrated through these events?

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