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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 does Mr. Biswas lose his childhood job?
(a) He breaks a stack of dishes.
(b) A goat falls off a cliff.
(c) The calf drowns.
(d) The calves are stolen by bandits.

2. During his illness, what happens to the house that Mr. Biswas was constructing?
(a) It is burnt.
(b) Seth and his family move in.
(c) His brothers finish building the house.
(d) It is sold.

3. What is Pundit Tulsi famous for?
(a) Being the first man on Trinidad to be killed by a motor car.
(b) Being the first Pundit in Trinidad to be elected governor.
(c) Being a wealthy plantation owner.
(d) His astonishingly accurate prophecies.

4. After recovering from his illness, how does Mr. Biswas view his past?
(a) As confirmation of the pundit's prophecy.
(b) As counterfeit and a series of cheating accidents.
(c) As the result of his marriage to Sharma.
(d) As an unrealized blessing of family and providence.

5. What does Sharma blame for the failure of the store?
(a) The overuse of credit.
(b) The poor economy.
(c) Mr. Biswas' lazy behavior.
(d) The greed of their customers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Shekhar live once he is married?

2. Who attacks Mr. Biswas in Book 2, Chapter 3?

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

4. What does Bipti's father believe caused the argument between Bipti and her husband?

5. What does Mr. Biswas discover about Sharma after they move to The Chase?

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