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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Shama destroy the gift Mr. Biswas gave Savi?
(a) To keep peace in the family.
(b) She feels girls should not play a man's game.
(c) To make her obedient.
(d) Because the dress was Western in style.

2. What does Mr. Biswas discover about Sharma after they move to The Chase?
(a) She is leaving him.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is a brilliant mathematician.
(d) She is not a virgin.

3. After Mr. Biswas is fired, who finds a job that gives him financial hope?
(a) Mrs. Tulsi.
(b) Savi.
(c) Anand.
(d) Shama.

4. What does Mr. Biswas read in bed while living at Green Vale?
(a) Hindi literature.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) The old newspapers that wallpaper his walls.
(d) Political magazines.

5. Whom does Mr. Biswas borrow money from in order to purchase the house in Book 2, Chapter 6?
(a) Mrs. Tulsi.
(b) Ramchand.
(c) Pratap.
(d) Ajodha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Biswas' new neighbor think he should have paid for the house?

2. What happens to the family's first orange crop?

3. Which character receives a scholarship to the university?

4. What disease afflicts Bipti's father?

5. What does Sharma blame for the failure of the store?

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