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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. After their walk in the graveyard, where does Lucy tell Mr. Bhoolabhoy that she is going to lunch?
2. What has Lucy NOT told Tusker about?
3. What day of the week is Mr. Bhoolabhoy going to write the letter?
4. Who was Sir Perceval Large?
5. As Ibrahim and Lucy plan the dinner for Father Sebastian, what does Lucy do?
Short Essay Questions
1. What noise does Mr. Bhoolabhoy hear when he imagines the church yard is being bulldozed? What does it turn out to be?
2. How does Lucy describe the valley to the imaginary Mr. Turner? What does she say about the first time she saw the valley?
3. How did Lucy like living in Mudpore? What about the time and the city interested her?
4. After Tusker dies, who offers Lucy a home? Why is this important? What does this say about Lucy's customs all along?
5. Describe the rituals associated with the holiday of Holi. What is it? Why is it celebrated?
6. Why does Mr. Bhoolabhoy not want to give the letter to Tusker? What is he afraid will happen?
7. Lucy regrets inviting Susy to dinner with Father Sebastian. Why?
8. Who was Lucy's friend who did not like Tusker? What does she symbolize in the story?
9. Describe Tusker's behavior after he talked on the phone with Mr. Turner.
10. Why does Mr. Bhoolabhoy not want Lucy to speak to Mrs. Bhoolabhoy if they run into each other at the club? What is he hiding?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The reader wonders from the beginning of the novel about Tusker's name. How did Tusker get his name? Describe the two different possible stories. Which story describes Tusker's character more fully? Which story tells us something that we would have never guessed about Tusker?
Essay Topic 2
Why is Lucy angry after reading Sarah Layton's letter? Why is anger the emotion that comes to the surface?
Essay Topic 3
Throughout the novel Lucy refers to the "debacle", but the information about this event is released slowly throughout the novel. What is the significance of this event and why has it affected Lucy in the way that it has? How did this change Lucy and Tusker's life? Do you think that the events happening in the present time are more or less important for Lucy and Tusker than the time of the debacle? Why?
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