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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 does Sanjay pretend to be looking for at Sassoon?

2. Where did Bobby work while he was in college?

3. Where is Bobby's wife from?

4. Why does Bobby not like the terminal in India?

5. What does Bobby do as soon as he gets to his hotel room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Chatterjee read at the meeting with Bobby?

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. What does Krishna tell Bobby about Kali?

6. Why does Bobby say he can't use Muktananandaji's story for the magazine?

7. What does Bobby think about when he sees the lights of Calcutta?

8. Why does Das say his work has changed since his disappearance?

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

10. What surprises Bobby about the statue of Kali in the museum?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

What were some of the forms of foreshadowing used in this book, and how did those moments affect the course of the plot?

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