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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 Major's brother's name?

2. What kind of flowers are in the Taj Mahal?

3. What disappoints Mr. Pettigrew at the funeral?

4. Who helps Mr. Pettigrew at the beginning of the book?

5. Where is Mrs. Ali from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Major Pettigrew go to Tewkesberry and Teale?

2. How does Major Pettigrew prepare for his tea with Mrs. Ali?

3. How does Major Pettigrew describe his village?

4. Why does Mrs. Ali feel so down about her life at the beginning of the book?

5. What does Major Pettigrew suggest for the golf club dance?

6. What does Jemima want to do with her father's guns?

7. What does Major Pettigrew blame for the things he doesn't like about Sandy?

8. Who is Jemima, and what does Major Pettigrew think of her?

9. How does Mrs. Khan treat Mrs. Ali, and why?

10. Why is Mrs. Ali hesitant to get too close to Major Pettigrew?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anger was a vice that reared its ugly head a number of times in this book. What are some examples of this, and how was Pettigrew's life altered because of these incidents?

Essay Topic 2

Amina was a person who was seen very little in this book, but whose presence made a big difference in Pettigrew's life. How did she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence- however brief, altered Pettigrew's life? What would have happened differently if she had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

How did the relationship between The Major and Jasmina change throughout the course of this book, and how did these changes affect the people around them?

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