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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, The Bright Future Clouded.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dina pour over Om's head to cure his lice?
(a) Water.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Kerosene.
(d) Tomato juice.

2. Whose home does the Beggarmaster bring Ishvar and Om to on their first night of freedom?
(a) Shankar's.
(b) Nusswan's.
(c) His own.
(d) Dina's.

3. In Chapter 6, what does Ishvar realize Dina is craving?
(a) Money.
(b) Fine wine.
(c) Companionship.
(d) Education.

4. What are the captured men served daily to eat, that is always watery?
(a) Vegetables.
(b) Rice.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Bread.

5. What instrument is used to signal to the captured men that it is time to eat?
(a) A whistle.
(b) A gong.
(c) A bell.
(d) A drum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Om used to massage for his father?

2. What seems to be an epidemic in the setting of this novel?

3. Whose idea was it that all four characters eat dinner together in Chapter 10?

4. Who does Rajaram inadvertently kill, causing a family to beat him?

5. What vehicle is collecting outside the slums when Om and Ishvar leave for work?

(see the answer key)

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