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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Book 2, Chapter 4, what happens to Chinta?
(a) She has an affair with Seth.
(b) She has her 10th child.
(c) She is beaten by Govind.
(d) She leaves Govind.

2. Whom does Owad snub when he returns home?
(a) Mrs. Tulsi.
(b) Savi.
(c) Mr. Biswas.
(d) Seth.

3. Which high-paying government agency is Mr. Biswas invited to join?
(a) The Department of Transportation.
(b) The Department of Civil Engineering.
(c) The Department of Family and Children's Services.
(d) The Community Welfare Department.

4. How is Shekhar's wife, Dorothy, different from the other Tulsi women?
(a) She has blue eyes.
(b) She is has Asian relatives.
(c) She is more modern.
(d) She is not Hindu.

5. What type of garden does the work crew destroy in Chapter 2 of Book 2?
(a) An English-style flower garden.
(b) A vegetable garden.
(c) A Japanese rock garden.
(d) A rose garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book 2, Chapter 3, what gift does the family plan to give each child?

2. What do the Tulsi women feed their chickens?

3. What does Mr. Biswas purchase through a government sponsored loan?

4. Whom does Mr. Biswas meet in the café?

5. What did Owad study while overseas?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shama assist with the repairs to the new house?

2. Describe the final details of the sale of the clerk's house.

3. How do Owad's communist views affect the Tulsi family?

4. How does Mrs. Tulsi react to Owad's impending return from England?

5. How does Mr. Biswas get his first job for the "Trinidad Sentinel?"

6. How does Mr. Biswas use Hanuman House after it has been abandoned by the Tulsi family?

7. Why does Mr. Biswas buy a typewriter, and what happens to it later in the story?

8. How do Mr. Biswas and other members of the Tulsi family end up living in the Port of Spain house for a second time?

9. How does Mrs. Tulsi's return to Arwacas affect the family left in Port of Spain?

10. How do the school examinations affect the children of the Tulsi household?

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