White Tiger

Pages 212-276

1. What is ironic about the fortune that he gets in the fortune telling machine?

2. Why do you think there are Nepali girls in the red light district in India?

3. The bookseller reads a quote to Belram: “You were looking for the key for years/But the door was always open.” What does that mean?

4. What does the Buffalo tell Belram?

5. Why does Belram say that Ashok is blind?

6. Why did the construction workers from the Darkness defecate in front of the slum they live in?

7. Who is Dharam?

8. Why does Belram hit him?

9. Why do you think Uma advises Ashok to replace Belram?

10. What is Vijay using against Ashok’s family to extort money from them?

11. Why do you think Belram takes Dharam to the zoo?

12. Why does Belram faint at the zoo?

13. What does Belram tell Dharam to write to their grandmother?

14. How much money is in Ashok’s red bag?

15. How does Belram get Ashok to leave the car?

16. How does Belram kill Ashok?

17. Why do you think Belram decides to go back for Dharam?

18. How does Belram escape?

19. How long did it take Belram to pull himself together?

20. What business does Belram decide to go into?

21. How does Belram destroy the competition for his business?

22. Why do you think Belram changes his name to Ashok?

23. How does Belram feel about golden haired women?

24. Why does Mohammed Asif call Belram in a panic?

25. Why is the case never registered?

26. What does Belram offer the victim’s parents?

27. How many members of Belram’s family were killed after he killed Ashok?

28. How has Dharam’s life changed since he moved with Belram?

29. Why do you think Dharam never asks about his family?

30. What is the struggle that every poor man in India should be making?

31. What new venture is Belram embarking on to make money?

32. Why does Belram say that killing Ashok was worth the effort?

33. How is Belram’s character likeable?

34. How is Belram’s character despicable?

35. Why does Belram tell the premier his story?