View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Clara borrow secretly from Neena?
(a) Books.
(b) Records.
(c) Tarot cards.
(d) Dirty magazines.

2. Which of these events was not celebrated at O'Connell's?
(a) Irie's birth.
(b) Archie's fiftieth birthday.
(c) New Year's Eve, 1989.
(d) Christmas.

3. What was Samad's job on the tank?
(a) Driver.
(b) Assistant driver.
(c) Radio operator.
(d) Gunner.

4. What is Ryan Topps' favored mode of transportation?
(a) The tube.
(b) His Vespa scooter.
(c) City buses.
(d) His Fiat convertible.

5. What is Archie's theory about Mangal Pande?
(a) That he was pretending to be drunk.
(b) That he was having an affair with Captain Hearsay's wife.
(c) That he had been drugged.
(d) That his gun was faulty.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what street does Archie Jones attempt suicide?

2. What is the Bowden family's religion?

3. What is "chief" slang for in 1980s London?

4. What is Clara Bowden's one imperfection?

5. What is Archie's final thought before he loses consciousness in the car?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Poppy take Samad's ending of their affair?

2. In Clara's perspective, what does "dealing with" Ryan consist of?

3. Why does Samad arrive in Harlesden fifteen minutes early?

4. Who is Mad Mary?

5. What is Mo Hussein-Ishmael's connection to Archie?

6. What does Alsana feel is the biggest difference that divides people?

7. What is Shiva's reaction to Samad's admission that he has fallen for an English woman?

8. How does Kelvin Hero treat Archie?

9. Describe the conditions in which Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal met.

10. Why does Hortense Bowden consider both herself and her daughter to be miracles?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 776 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample