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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. Ranee recommend to Maari?
(a) He should comb his hair.
(b) He should go to The Light.
(c) He should clean himself up.
(d) He get his ears checked.

2. Why does the woman tell him?
(a) That it is 3 o'clock.
(b) That he is dead.
(c) That he must follow her.
(d) That they are in The Light.

3. What is Maali trying to remember?
(a) Where he hid the negatives.
(b) How he died.
(c) Where he needs to go next.
(d) Who killed him.

4. Where does Maali wake up?
(a) In his bed.
(b) In a ditch.
(c) Afterlife.
(d) In the street.

5. Who does Maari want to amass an army of spirits?
(a) To help him get his memories back.
(b) To get to the mara tree.
(c) To murder again.
(d) To help him complete another mission.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is shocked by the gruesome photos?

2. Who has a warrant to search the premises for Maali’s photos?

3. What does Jaki bring to the meeting?

4. How many bodies do Kottu and Balal dump in the lake?

5. Who is The Crow Man?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maali's ear check ultimately reveal?

2. In the opening section of the novel, “First Moon,” why does the author use the main character Maali’s second person point of view?

3. Why does Maali feel as if his life has been a waste?

4. What does Maali think is happening when he first wakes in the In Between?

5. How does the author particularly use Maali’s box of photos in the novel?

6. How does the CNTR worker, Elsa Mathangi agree to help the detectives?

7. Why is Maali unsure about what happened to him?

8. What experiences indicate to Maali that he is dead?

9. Why do Ranchagoda and Cassim visit Hotel Leo?

10. Where do Jaki and her companions discover Maali's photographs?

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