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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 day of the week did May fast?

2. When May and the narrator met again after Ila's wedding, how long had it been since May's visit to India to see Tridib?

3. For how many years was Tha'mma headmistress of the school where she taught?

4. When May and Tridib met in India, when was the last time he had seen her?

5. What color were May's eyes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Nick and Ila have two weddings, and what were their weddings like?

2. How did Mike die?

3. What did May and the narrator do after breakfast the morning after he stayed at her flat?

4. Why does Ila think there is a kind of heroism in the deaths of Alan and Dan?

5. How did Alan Tresawsen die?

6. What was May's reaction to the Victoria Memorial, and how did Tridib try to help her?

7. After the narrator spent the night at May's after Ila's wedding, what did she fix him for breakfast and why did she not eat?

8. What did May remember that Tridib's room looked like the first time she saw it?

9. Why was the narrator late for the wedding dinner for Ila and Nick?

10. Why does Nick say that he left his job in Kuwait?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The narrator tells his grandmother a story about Ila and bullies. Why does the story start an argument? What does the argument reveal about Tha’mma’s attitude toward Ila?

Essay Topic 2

The author does not tell the story in chronological order. How does the author use a non-linear narrative to relate the story? How does that affect what readers know about characters and events?

Essay Topic 3

There are several versions regarding how Nick lost his job. What versions are there regarding how Nick lost his job? Why is the version Nick tells biased and not totally true?

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