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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 fourth way listed in Belram's sidebar for an enterprising driver to make extra money in “The Sixth Night”?

2. Why does Balram leave the train station in the end of “The Sixth Night”?

3. What was Vijay's father's profession?

4. What is the name of the prostitute that Balram is taken to at the hotel in “The Sixth Night”?

5. What kind of dogs guard the minister's house in “The Sixth Morning”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Balram remark about the potential for civil war in India in the conclusion of "The Sixth Morning"?

2. What does Balram remark about Dharam in "The Seventh Night"? What does this indicate?

3. What decision has Balram made at the train station in the end of "The Sixth Night"?

4. Why is the hit-and-run that Balram describes in "The Seventh Night" significant?

5. What plot developments take place in the first section of "The Sixth Morning"?

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

7. Whom does Balram discover waiting for him when he returns to the apartment in "The Sixth Night"? Why?

8. What symbolism and imagery can be seen in "The Fifth Night"?

9. What happens to the rupees that Mr. Ashok gives to Balram in "The Sixth Night"?

10. How does Balram's encounter in the bookstore influence his actions in "The Sixth Night"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the characters of the Stork and his two sons. How does Balram come to work for the Stork? What is the Stork's position within his community? How is Balram treated by these employers?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of identity in the novel. How is this theme developed through character? What is significant about the different names that Balram has in his life and how to they relate to this theme? What is Balram's identity at the end of the story?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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