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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 2, The New Regime.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Shekhar's wife, Dorothy, different from the other Tulsi women?
(a) She is more modern.
(b) She is has Asian relatives.
(c) She has blue eyes.
(d) She is not Hindu.

2. What does Mr. Biswas do when he sees a relative's child destroying some of the store's stock?
(a) He yells at the boy.
(b) He beats the boy's mother.
(c) He yells at the boy's mother.
(d) He beats the boy.

3. Why does Sharma call her daughter Savi?
(a) She believes that the name will bless her daughter.
(b) She believes that saying her daughter's true name aloud is unlucky.
(c) Savi is a variant of Sharma's own name.
(d) Because Mr. Biswas dislikes the name.

4. What unlucky trait does the pundit claim Mr. Biswas will have?
(a) A lisp.
(b) A limp.
(c) A sneeze.
(d) A glassy stare.

5. Which relative brings Mr. Biswas back to Hanuman House?
(a) Mrs. Tulsi.
(b) Govind.
(c) Sharma.
(d) Seth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Biswas accuse the Tulsis of being "orthodox Roman Catholic Hindus"?

2. According to pundit, what must Mr. Biswas stay away from?

3. What does Bipti do the day before Mr. Biswas is born?

4. What solution does Seth recommend for Mr. Biswas' financial problems?

5. Where does Shekhar live once he is married?

(see the answer key)

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