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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 Bobby's daughter's name?

2. What does Bobby say Gupta thinks constantly about?

3. Who teaches Muktananandaji to be fugal?

4. Where does Bobby eat breakast while he is in India?

5. What blows out the candles during the second meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What about the Indian language does Bobby not like?

2. Why is Bobby planning to go to India?

3. What does Muktananandaji's story have to do with Das?

4. Why was Abe in Calcutta once before?

5. Where does Sanjay go to get his dead body?

6. Why does Bobby get so angry as he is taken to his hotel?

7. Who is Krishna, and what does he do for Bobby?

8. What is Krishna upset about when he meets Bobby at the coffee shop?

9. What does the idol of Kali look like?

10. Why is Bobby the one being sent to India?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sacrifice was a theme that was very prevalent in this book. Who were the characters most affected by this theme, and how did they allow sacrifice to change their lives?

Essay Topic 2

Bobby and Das are deeply affected by poetry. How did this interest in this particular literary genre come to be, and what affect does this have on Bobby and Das's ability to relate to each other?

Essay Topic 3

What happens at the Kapalika meetings, and how is Bobby affected by this?

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