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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 happened when Raju went to court?

2. How did Raju interact with his fellow inmates?

3. How did Raju spend his days?

4. What was Raju's main concern while he was involved with Rosie?

5. What was Rosie's passion?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Raju's perception of the world changing?

2. How did Raju feel about being replaced as Nalini's manager?

3. How do all of the discussions in the village link together in Chapter 6?

4. How did Raju view his role in Nalini's career?

5. What caused Raju to lose his friendship with the driver? How did he know it was over?

6. Why did Raju have a hard time emotionally with not being able to please Rosie constantly?

7. Besides starting Rosie's dancing career, why was her name change significant?

8. Why did Nalini dance for the men from the local school?

9. What message does Raju attempt to send to the villagers through Velan's relative?

10. What did Raju do to prepare for the men from the local school? What did this reveal about Raju?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What possible conclusions can be drawn from the end of the book? How will those present at the end, namely Raju, Velan, the villagers, and the film producer, be changed by the final events? Support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Raju go on a hunger strike even after telling Velan the truth about who he is? How does this help perpetuate the transformation in Raju?

Essay Topic 3

What purpose does it serve for the author to continually switch tense and perspective in the narrative? If the author were to use only one perspective through the entire novel, which would be most effective and why? What information would the reader no longer be privy to if the author followed your suggestion?

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