Heat and Dust Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 153 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Heat and Dust Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 153 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Why does Inder Lal say that he agreed to the treatment that Ritu receives?

2. How does the narrator describe Baba Firdau's shrine?

3. Where does the Nawab keep his pianos?

4. What game do Olivia and Nawab play when he first takes her to the grove?

5. What is a sadhu?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Olivia want a child in Section 20?

2. How do Ritu's screams and Chid's chants affect the narrator in Section17?

3. Why is the location of the narrator's first act of intimacy with Inder Lal significant?

4. Does the narrator trust Maji?

5. How do Inder Lal and the narrator become closer at their visit to the Nawab's palace?

6. How does the narrator feel upon discovering that she is pregnant?

7. Is Mrs. Saunders aware of Olivia's relationship with the Nawab in Section 24?

8. How does the Nawab show his contempt for Saunders in Section 24?

9. Describe Harry's argument with Olivia in Section 22.

10. Is Maji sympathetic to the narrator?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do the characters in Heat and Dust create their own destinies, or has life thrust circumstances upon them? Analyze this question for any 3 characters in the story. Be sure to select at least one character from Olivia's time and one from the minor time. Consider expectations, behavior, circumstances and attitudes.

Essay Topic 2

Many minor characters in Heat and Dust have an important role in the story and a huge impact on other characters. Choose characters below and discuss the impact or the role that this person has on other characters in the novel.

1) Harry.

2) Maji.

3) Ritu.

4) Mrs. Saunders.

Essay Topic 3

Select two characters from the story that have different perspectives of the same event. Write two letters, one from each character addressed to the other, describing their event and what happened. For example, you might use Douglas and the Nawab's account of Olivia's pregnancy, Chid and Inder Lal's perceptions of the narrator's journey, or Dr. Saunders' and the Begum's perception of Olivia's abortion.

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