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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. What do the Tulsis hire Mr. Biswas to do in their dry goods store?
(a) Run the counter.
(b) Clean the bathroom.
(c) Put up stock.
(d) Paint signs.

2. What does Mr. Biswas do when he sees a relative's child destroying some of the store's stock?
(a) He beats the boy's mother.
(b) He yells at the boy.
(c) He yells at the boy's mother.
(d) He beats the boy.

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

4. In Book 1, Chapter 5, what gift does Mr. Biswas give Savi?
(a) A porcelain doll.
(b) A beautiful dress.
(c) A chess set.
(d) An elaborate dollhouse.

5. 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?
(a) She beats her son.
(b) She yells at Mr. Biswas.
(c) She yells at her son.
(d) She ignores Mr. Biswas.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of Chapter 2, who buys the Bipti's property?

2. Where does Sharma go to prepare for the birth of her first child?

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

4. How is the beginning of the prologue unusual?

5. What physical reaction does Mr. Biswas have to stress?

(see the answer key)

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