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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 Mr. Biswas dislike about Sharma?
(a) Her smile.
(b) Her voice.
(c) Her figure.
(d) Her nose.

2. 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) His astonishingly accurate prophecies.
(d) Being a wealthy plantation owner.

3. While at school, what talent does Mr. Biswas discover he has?
(a) Ornate lettering.
(b) Public speaking.
(c) English.
(d) Mathematics.

4. What does Mr. Biswas do when he is bored at the shop?
(a) Sweeps the floor and rearranges the stock.
(b) Counts the little bit of money in the cashbox.
(c) Paints landscape murals and reads novels.
(d) Plays solitaire.

5. Why does Mr. Biswas accuse the Tulsis of being "orthodox Roman Catholic Hindus"?
(a) Because the family closes shop for the Christmas holiday.
(b) Because the family does business with a Catholic investor.
(c) Because two boys in the house attend mass at a Catholic school.
(d) Because Owad's best friend is Catholic.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Shama's family react to the purchase of the house?

2. Why does Sharma call her daughter Savi?

3. In the prologue, how much of the mortgage is left on Mr. Biswas' house?

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

5. In Book 1, Chapter 3, which relative betrays Mr. Biswas to the Tulsis?

(see the answer key)

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