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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 3, The Shorthills Adventure.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Green Vale?
(a) A hotel run by Seth.
(b) One of the Tulsis' sugar estates.
(c) An estate on the mainland.
(d) An English manor.

2. In the prologue, what severance is Mr. Biswas given after he is fired?
(a) A hundred rupees and a taxicab ride home.
(b) Three months' notice and a free newspaper delivered to his door each morning.
(c) Fifteen rupees and a free police radio.
(d) None.

3. How does Shama react to the purchase of the house?
(a) With anger.
(b) With skepticism.
(c) With enthusiasm.
(d) With feigned indifference.

4. How does Mr. Biswas reply to his mother's claim that she will end up in the poorhouse because of him?
(a) He declares she will never go hungry as long as he is alive.
(b) He cries and runs out of the house.
(c) He declares that he will find his own job and buy his own house.
(d) He faints.

5. Why is Mr. Biswas sent to school?
(a) A compulsory school attendance law is passed.
(b) His aunt wants him to have the best opportunities possible.
(c) He is too young to work.
(d) His father left money in his will for his schooling.

Short Answer Questions

1. While at school, what talent does Mr. Biswas discover he has?

2. When Mr. Biswas sees a child destroying some of the store's stock, what does his reaction cause the mother of the accused child to do?

3. Who sold Mr. Biswas the house?

4. What structure does Seth plan to build on the garden site?

5. What comment does the midwife make about the newborn Mr. Biswas?

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