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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 part of the goonda's bodies were broken in their "accident" orchestrated by the Beggarmaster?
(a) Their necks.
(b) Their fingers.
(c) Their arms.
(d) Their legs.

2. What does Nusswan think should happen to the people who live on the streets?
(a) They should be poisoned.
(b) They should be stabbed.
(c) They should be drowned.
(d) They should be shot.

3. In Chapter 15, what family member does Ashraf tell the tailors has died?
(a) His mother.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His wife.
(d) His sister.

4. Who is Mr.Valmik?
(a) Dina's doctor.
(b) Dina's teacher.
(c) Dina's lawyer.
(d) Dina's partner.

5. Whose idea was it that all four characters eat dinner together in Chapter 10?
(a) Ishvar.
(b) Om.
(c) Maneck.
(d) Dina.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what habit has Om started that drives Dina crazy?

2. In his letter to Dina, when does Maneck say that he will be returning?

3. How does Nusswan feel about having Dina back in his home at the end of the novel?

4. Who does Dina order to get up off his knees, and never drop down to another human again?

5. Who has killed the Prime Minister?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the debt collector visits Dina?

2. Why does Dina go to speak to Mrs. Gupta and what does she tell her?

3. What happens when the Beggarmaster comes to visit the relocation camp in Chapter 9?

4. How is the Beggarmaster killed?

5. How does Om lose his testicles?

6. How does Maneck die?

7. Why does Rajaram want to move to the Himalayas?

8. How does Ibrahim react after Dina's apartment is destroyed?

9. Why are the police called to Shankar's funeral?

10. How is Shankar killed?

(see the answer keys)

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