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1. How do Sharat's feelings about Nikanta help develop the theme of the selection?
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Sharat is pleased by Nikanta's presence because he will be a diversion for his mother
Sharat becomes increasingly jealous of Nikanta's relationship with his wife
Sharat is pleased that his family will be able to help Nikanta
Sharat becomes aggravated by Nikanta's daily activities and lifestyle
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2. How does the use of personification in the first paragraph develop the setting?
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It emphasizes the severity of the storm
It emphasizes the loudness of the storm
It emphasizes the cause of the storm
It emphasize the damage of the storm
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1. How do Sharat's feelings about Nikanta help develop the theme of the selection?
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2. How does the use of personification in the first paragraph develop the setting?
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3. What is the meaning of the simile in the sentence below from paragraph 5? "Like a rudderless boat, the discussion kept turning round and round the same point and at last it threatened to be overwhelmed in a flood of tears"
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4. What is implied in the sentence below from paragraph 10? "The village wiseacres thought it shameless for her husband to make so much fuss about a more wife and even to suggest a change of air and asked if Sharat supposed that no woman had ever been ill before, or whether he had found out that the folk of the place to which he meant to take her were immortal"
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5. What is one possible reason why Kiran takes a "warm interest" in the Brahmin boy?
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6. What does Kiran's reaction to the arrival of the young boy reveal about her character?
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7. In the sentence below from the last paragraph, how does the connotation of the words reflect Sharat's attitude toward the boy? "Moreover, he had got hold of a mongrel village dog which he petted so recklessly that it came indoors with muddy paws, and left tokens of its visit on Sharat's spotless bed"
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8. How does the author introduce additional depth to the conflict between the husband and wife?
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9. How does the author's use of third person point of view reinforce the reader's understanding of Sharat's internal conflict?
