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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 4, The Chase.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharma use to treat bedbugs?
(a) Gasoline.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Lysol.
(d) Kerosene.

2. What does Mr. Biswas recommend his wife do to earn money?
(a) Sell her hair.
(b) Work at the school.
(c) Sell vegetables.
(d) Sell their old car.

3. After his father's death, where does Mr. Biswas live?
(a) In an apartment with his mother.
(b) In a cave on the cliff.
(c) In a mud hut owned by Aunt Tara.
(d) In his Aunt Tara's house.

4. How has Pundit Tulsi been immortalized?
(a) In a painting.
(b) In a poem.
(c) In a drinking song.
(d) With a statue.

5. What physical reaction does Mr. Biswas have to stress?
(a) Stomach pains.
(b) Headaches.
(c) Fainting.
(d) Tremors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mungroo sue Mr. Biswas for?

2. What type of house does Mr. Biswas buy?

3. In the prologue, what severance is Mr. Biswas given after he is fired?

4. What is eventually discovered on Bipti's property after it is sold?

5. How does Mr. Biswas lose his childhood job?

(see the answer key)

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