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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 6, The Revolution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What deformity does the newborn Mr. Biswas have?
(a) A cleft palate.
(b) Six fingers on each hand.
(c) Crossed eyes.
(d) A club foot.

2. What treatment does Ramchand recommend for Mr. Biswas?
(a) A long vacation.
(b) Music from a gramophone.
(c) Long walks in the country.
(d) Tranquilizers.

3. How is the beginning of the prologue unusual?
(a) The prologue begins with Mr. Biswas' murder.
(b) The prologue begins with the end of Mr. Biswas' story.
(c) Mr. Biswas begins telling his own story.
(d) All the dialogue is in Hindi.

4. In Book 2, Chapter 4, what happens to Chinta?
(a) She has her 10th child.
(b) She leaves Govind.
(c) She is beaten by Govind.
(d) She has an affair with Seth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Biswas attempt to collect the money owed to the store?

2. What pursues the Tulsi chickens?

3. What does Sharma want to have done to the house being built in Book 1, Chapter 5?

4. Why does Mr. Biswas feel like a Deserving Destitute?

5. Why is Mr. Biswas sent to school?

(see the answer key)

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