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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. How many siblings does Tridib have?

2. In 1941, of the foursome--Alan, Mike, Dan, and Francesca--which of them would be dead in 1941?

3. Why did Tridib go with his parents to London when he was 8?

4. How did Alan Tresawsen claim to have injured his right arm?

5. What would Robi smuggle into his room at college?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Solent Lane changed since Tridib was there?

2. When did Tridib and May start a correspondence and why?

3. Why did the narrator nearly get expelled from college?

4. Why does the narrator's grandmother not approve of Tridib?

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

6. What is known about a visit Tridib made to London in 1939?

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

8. Where and when did the narrator meet May Price?

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

10. What does Nick say about Kuwait?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ila and Nick marry. When does Nick begin having affairs? How does Ila face the fact that he is having an affair? How does the way that she handles the issue affect the marriage and her relationship with Nick?

Essay Topic 2

Foreshadowing is a method authors use to hint at events to come in a novel. How does the author use foreshadowing in the book? Does the use of foreshadowing create suspense?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

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