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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Bobby think Gupta must die?
(a) For his invitation to India.
(b) For his lack of help.
(c) For his complicity.
(d) For his relationship to Kamakhya.

2. Why do bus passengers shrink away from Bobby?
(a) He is shirtless.
(b) He is covered in blood.
(c) He smells bad.
(d) He is white.

3. Why does Bobby refuse to cremate Victoria?
(a) Victoria is so small.
(b) Kali is the goddess of cremation.
(c) There is a fee.
(d) Krishna wanted that.

4. What gift does Das give Bobby?
(a) A statue of Kali.
(b) An autographed book of poems.
(c) A physicians handbook.
(d) A plane ticket to London.

5. How does Bobby travel to see Das?
(a) He is taken in a rickshaw.
(b) He rides the train.
(c) He walks.
(d) He drives a car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gupta try to keep Amrita from doing?

2. What sits on the table in the black room?

3. Where does Chowdury die?

4. What study of Stephen Hawking does Amrita study?

5. Why is Chatterjee upset when Bobby comes to get the manuscript?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is symbolic about Bobby placing Victoria's body in the transport coffin?

2. How does Das die the second time?

3. What does Abe want Bobby to do with Other Voices after his death?

4. What does Bobby to to overcome the darkness of Kali when he is with Amrita?

5. How do the Parsees dispose of their dead, and why?

6. What were Bobby's last words to Victoria?

7. What caused Bobby to not touch guns in his adult life?

8. What does Bobby promise to send Das, and why?

9. What kind of hoops does Bobby have to jump through to get Victoria's body home?

10. What law does Bobby break as he is on his way to meet Das?

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