The Shadow Lines Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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The Shadow Lines Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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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. Aftr Robi stopped Ila from dancing before he returned to Darjeeling, what did he give the waiter as they left?

2. When Ila and the narrator were eight, how long had it been since Snipe Price died?

3. What does May do when she is not playing in an orchestra?

4. What did Mrs. Price remember that Tridib wanted to do when he grew up?

5. When the narrator's grandmother is sick and dying, where is Ila studying?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Ila's story when she and the narrator were nine, what happened to Magda?

2. Where was Robi headed when Ila and the narrator met him at the Kembles Head, a pub, in London?

3. Why did the narrator not think that Ila was in London for the money?

4. Why is Tha'mma wrong when she says that Tridib lives in his crumbling house doing nothing?

5. What is the room like where Mrs. Price directs the narrator when he visits?

6. How did the narrator feel about the Underground in London?

7. How does the narrator describe Nick when he first meets him?

8. When the narrator comes to London on a study grant, how does he describe Mrs. Price?

9. How did a monitor lizard save Ila when she and her parents lived in Colombo?

10. What was known about an injury Alan Tresawsen had?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The narrator is able to imagine places and people he has never met. How is the narrator able to imagine places and people he has never met? How does he use his imagination to bring stories he hears to life enough that he can go somewhere he has never been and find his way?

Essay Topic 2

Tridib is a strong influence on the narrator. Why does Tridib have a strong influence on the narrator? What type of relationship does the narrator have with Tridib?

Essay Topic 3

Ila tells the narrator a story when they play house. What story does Ila tell the narrator when they play house under a very large table? Why is the story an allegory?

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