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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 bothers Pettigrew about most parents?

2. Where does Major Pettigrew pick up Mrs. Ali for the dance?

3. What does Ferguson want Roger's help with?

4. What do the club ladies say that make Mrs. Ali's nephew mad?

5. Why is Mrs. Ali seated where she is at the dance?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Abdul marry the woman he loves?

2. How does Pettigrew feel when he picks Mrs. Ali up for the dance?

3. Why does Pettigrew propose to Grace?

4. What inconvenience does Roger cause his father at the dance?

5. What causes the chaos on Lord Dagenham's land during the shooting?

6. Why do Roger and Sandy break up?

7. What does Pettigrew say after Roger's bragging after the party?

8. What is Pettigrew asked to do about Lord Dagenham's land?

9. What does Ferguson tell Pettigrew to do after the dance?

10. How do the club ladies hope to honor Pettigrew's father at the dance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the Churchills, and what significance do they have on the plot of this book?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is something that was very important to Pettigrew in his life. Where are some places that friendship appears, and how do the people touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

Where does India come to play in this plot, and what affects does this have on the tone of the book?

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