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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 3, The Shorthills Adventure.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to the family's first orange crop?
(a) A sudden hailstorm destroys the entire harvest.
(b) Insects and parasites infect the oranges.
(c) One son-in-law steals the entire orange harvest.
(d) Unusually low temperatures freeze most of the blossoms.

3. When Mr. Biswas becomes disillusioned about his marriage to Sharma, where does he go?
(a) To seek Pundit Tulsi's advice.
(b) To England.
(c) To the store in The Chase.
(d) Back to his mother's house.

4. In Book 1, Chapter 5, where does Mr. Biswas spend Christmas?
(a) In Port of Spain.
(b) At Green Vale.
(c) In England.
(d) At Hanuman house.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What literature does Mr. Biswas leave open on tables throughout the Hanuman house?

3. Which room in Hanuman House does Mr. Biswas occupy while he is ill?

4. Why does Shama destroy the gift Mr. Biswas gave Savi?

5. How is Shekhar's wife, Dorothy, different from the other Tulsi women?

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