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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. What is Dina's relationship with her brother like?
(a) He controls her.
(b) She does not have a brother.
(c) They haven't spoken in years.
(d) She controls him.

2. The body of which animal was Ishvar sent to retrieve when he was began apprenticing his father?
(a) Buffalo.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Horse.
(d) Shark.

3. How does Ishvar claim his sterilization form was destroyed?
(a) In a tornado.
(b) In a flood.
(c) In a fire.
(d) In an earthquake.

4. Om and Ishvar are traveling to apply for which position?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A butcher.
(c) A tailor.
(d) A policeman.

5. After the first order of 36 dresses, what does the export company request?
(a) More dresses from Dina's tailors.
(b) That Dina be promoted.
(c) That Dina no longer work for the company.
(d) Fewer dresses from Dina's tailors.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what is Ishvar ordered to dig?

2. What does Dina hope will not delay her new tailors from arriving?

3. What does the man who starts a fight with Shankar collect for a living?

4. How much money are the villagers promised to attend the Prime Minister's speech?

5. Who is Dina Dalal?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Om and Ishvar find shelter after they lose their home in Chapter 7?

2. What happens after Om is hit by the car while following Dina's taxi?

3. What does Dina's collection of cloth symbolize?

4. What happens to young Maneck when he is away for the first time at boarding school?

5. What is the subject of the speech that the Prime Minister is giving to the villagers?

6. Who is Ibrahim and what does he demand?

7. What does Dina teach Maneck to do in Chapter 8, and why?

8. Why is Narayan murdered?

9. How is Ishvar's face disfigured?

10. What signs does Dina believe she receives telling her not to date again?

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