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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. What does Rajaram encourage Om and Ishvar to apply for?
(a) Ration cards.
(b) Social Security.
(c) Bank accounts.
(d) Unemployment.

2. What does Nusswan think should happen to the people who live on the streets?
(a) They should be shot.
(b) They should be poisoned.
(c) They should be stabbed.
(d) They should be drowned.

3. After the slums closing, what is there an outbreak of amongst the villagers?
(a) Scarlet Fever.
(b) Dysentary.
(c) Small pox.
(d) Influenza.

4. After five years of sewing, what part of Dina's body begins to fail?
(a) Her lungs.
(b) Her fingers.
(c) Her eyes.
(d) Her heart.

5. What do the two men ask Dina for permission to do while they are sewing?
(a) To smoke.
(b) To eat.
(c) To talk.
(d) To drink.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of weather keeps Maneck and Om from leaving the house during their vacation?

3. What are the villagers doing on the railroad tracks in Chapter 4?

4. What does Om have on his mind, which causes him to make mistakes while sewing?

5. In Chapter 8, what is Ishvar ordered to dig?

(see the answer key)

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