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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 object does Maali have on him when he first wakes up?

2. Where is the cemetery located?

3. What does Maali most want to remember?

4. When Maali wakes in the afterlife, what does he think is happening?

5. What career does Maali have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Maali trying to remember while on his mission?

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

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

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

6. Who and what does Maali see on the Hotel Leo rooftop?

7. What is the box of photographs symbolic of?

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

9. What does Maali watch Kottu and Balal doing?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Maali realize after the Department of Justice explosion? What does his time at the River of Births and in The Light reveal to him?

Essay Topic 2

What is Maali’s last wish before he dies?

Essay Topic 3

Why is Maali upset when he witnesses the Minister burn the box? How does Sena challenge Maali's point of view during this moment?

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