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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 5, Green Vale.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mr. Biswas react when he sees his lodgings at Green Vale?
(a) He buys new furniture.
(b) He begins landscaping the yard.
(c) He resolves to build a proper house of his own.
(d) He refuses to live in the house.

2. How does Shama's family react to the purchase of the house?
(a) They beg Shama to stay with them.
(b) With snide, cutting remarks and insults.
(c) They worry and warn Shama of the evils of the city.
(d) With enthusiasm and encouragement.

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

4. In the prologue, how does Shama attempt to earn money?
(a) By selling used cars.
(b) By stealing food and selling back to the market.
(c) By buying potatoes wholesale and then reselling them.
(d) By working as a custodian for the local school.

5. How does Shama react to the purchase of the house?
(a) With enthusiasm.
(b) With anger.
(c) With skepticism.
(d) With feigned indifference.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mr. Biswas sees a child destroying some of the store's stock, what does his reaction cause the mother of the accused child to do?

2. In the prologue, why is Mr. Biswas pleased with his wife Shama?

3. How is the beginning of the prologue unusual?

4. How does Mr. Biswas reply to his mother's claim that she will end up in the poorhouse because of him?

5. How does Mr. Biswas' father die?

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