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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 6, A Departure.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Mr. Biswas sent to school?
(a) His aunt wants him to have the best opportunities possible.
(b) He is too young to work.
(c) A compulsory school attendance law is passed.
(d) His father left money in his will for his schooling.

2. Why does Pundit Jairam send Mr. Biswas back home?
(a) Because Mr. Biswas was severely homesick.
(b) Because Pundit Jairam became too ill to teach.
(c) Because stress was making Mr. Biswas ill.
(d) Because Mr. Biswas tainted the oleander tree with urine.

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

4. 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 yells at Mr. Biswas.
(b) She ignores Mr. Biswas.
(c) She beats her son.
(d) She yells at her son.

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 two boys in the house attend mass at a Catholic school.
(c) Because the family does business with a Catholic investor.
(d) Because Owad's best friend is Catholic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sharma call her daughter Savi?

2. In Book 1, Chapter 5, after Mr. Biswas runs out of money for construction, what does he use for building material?

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

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

5. What is the doctor's diagnosis of Mr. Biswas' illness?

(see the answer key)

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