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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, Return of Solitude.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does the prologue take place?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1975.

2. What does Om have on his mind, which causes him to make mistakes while sewing?
(a) Fighting.
(b) A woman.
(c) His hunger.
(d) Education.

3. To whom is it revealed that the Beggarmaster is related?
(a) Ishvar.
(b) Om.
(c) Shankar.
(d) Maneck.

4. What is Dina worried about when the tailors do not show up for work in Chapter 8?
(a) The destructive weather.
(b) Her unfinished order.
(c) The police control.
(d) The tailors' safety.

5. Whose idea was it that all four characters eat dinner together in Chapter 10?
(a) Dina.
(b) Ishvar.
(c) Om.
(d) Maneck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of his body did Maneck's father lose when a bottle of the family beverage exploded?

2. Who teaches Om to eat with a knife and fork?

3. Who is Dina Dalal?

4. What did Maneck give his mother every morning in a tradition that she always looked forward to?

5. What does the village that the train is traveling through smell of?

(see the answer key)

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