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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. Who is Dina Dalal?
(a) A friend of Om's mother.
(b) A friend of Maneck's mother.
(c) A friend of Ishvar's mother.
(d) Another passenger on the train.

2. What type of wedding do Rustom and Dina wish to have?
(a) A big, lavish wedding.
(b) A small, simple wedding.
(c) A traditional Indian wedding.
(d) A Western wedding.

3. What does Maneck call Dina?
(a) Dina Mother.
(b) Dina Sister.
(c) Dina Friend.
(d) Dina Aunty.

4. What were young Ishvar and his brother hit with as punishment after they broke into the upper-class school?
(a) A stick.
(b) Rocks.
(c) A ruler.
(d) A cane.

5. In what year does the prologue take place?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1955.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ibrahim?

2. When the tailors hear a booming on their walk home, what is being destroyed?

3. What part of Ishvar's body did an animal disfigure?

4. What is Maneck sent off to college to study?

5. What was Dina's father's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Ishvar's face disfigured?

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

3. Why does Dina put a padlock on the door?

4. How does Mrs. Gupta feel about The Emergency?

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

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

7. How do the businessmen lure the villagers to the Prime Minister's speech, and do they follow through?

8. Why does Om rent a bicycle?

9. How do the passengers on the train react to the sudden halt in their travel?

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

(see the answer keys)

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