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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Noni and Lola give as Christmas gifts?
(a) Authentic Tibetan socks.
(b) Authentic English pullovers.
(c) Authentic English cardigans.
(d) Authentic Tibetan mittens.

2. After he joins the Liberation Movement, why is Gyan angered by all the time he spent with Sai?
(a) She is too young to make a serious commitment.
(b) She is not a Gorkha.
(c) He feels as though he was acting like a child, not a man.
(d) He had to walk two hours to get to her house.

3. Why was the judge able to marry a woman from a higher caste?
(a) The judge was a member of the ICS.
(b) The judge hid his true identity.
(c) His wife was not desirable to men from her own caste.
(d) The judge paid off her father.

4. What does Noni believe about the Nepalese?
(a) They should be reduced to servitude.
(b) They should be expelled from India.
(c) They are dangerous because there are so many of them.
(d) They should have their own homeland.

5. What effect does her first meeting with Gyan have on Sai?
(a) It makes her see herself as a woman.
(b) She finds him unattractive.
(c) She dislikes him.
(d) It inspires her to work harder at her studies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Noni give Sai while she is tutoring her?

2. Into what caste was the judge's father born?

3. What do the police examine at the cook's home?

4. Where in New York is Brigitte's restaurant located?

5. What effect does the rainy season have on the cook?

(see the answer key)

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