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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. Who sits behind the curtain to eat?
2. How long does Ibrahim tell Joseph that the Smalleys have been in India?
3. What does Ibrahim call Lucy?
4. When Tusker becomes ill, how old is he?
5. What does Mr. Bhoolabhoy think of Lucy?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is it important to the story that the Smalleys have no lease in effect?
2. What does Joseph do with the lawn mower? Why is this important? Who is he crossing?
3. Where is the Shiraz in relation to the Lodges and what effect does their location have on the Lodges?
4. When Father Sebastian arrives, Susy says that she will not work for a black pastor. What race is Susy and why does she feel this way? is it simply racial prejudice or is there something deeper?
5. Why do you think Joseph left Rampur and the sisters?
6. What did Ibrahim do to care for Tusker through the night the first time Tusker fell ill?
7. Why do you think Minnie is sitting behind a curtain to eat her meal?
8. Why is Tusker called Tusker? How did he get the nickname? There are two stories.
9. Why does Lucy think she will be a widow in less than a year? What does she think about her future? Who does she blame?
10. In Chapter 7 Lucy gives the reader a first glimpse of her feelings about Tusker's friendships with Indians. How does she feel? What are her racial views? How does she present herself to the Indians?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How did Tusker and Lucy end up being the last English residents in India? What was Tusker's plan?
Essay Topic 2
What role does Minnie play? What is her most important contribution to the story? Why do you think so?
Essay Topic 3
Lucy's description of the raising of the flag of India is very emotional. Why did Lucy and Tusker feel emotional at this site? Were they aware that their lives were going to change as much as they did? They had not connected in years, but did in this moment. Why? What did they have in common?
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