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

2. How does Mr. Biswas attempt to collect the money owed to the store?
(a) He calls on the local police for assistance.
(b) He goes door to door to collect debts himself.
(c) He hires a solicitor to collect debts from customers.
(d) He sues all of his customers.

3. After the family's first harvest does not produce the gains expected, how do some of the Tulsi women plan to earn money?
(a) By selling chickens.
(b) By making incense from orangewood.
(c) By renting land to sharecroppers.
(d) By selling eggs.

4. What is Pundit Tulsi famous for?
(a) Being the first man on Trinidad to be killed by a motor car.
(b) Being the first Pundit in Trinidad to be elected governor.
(c) Being a wealthy plantation owner.
(d) His astonishingly accurate prophecies.

5. What type of garden does the work crew destroy in Chapter 2 of Book 2?
(a) A vegetable garden.
(b) A rose garden.
(c) A Japanese rock garden.
(d) An English-style flower garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before Book 2, Chapter 3, which family member has managed the family's estates?

2. How does Mr. Biswas invest the money he saved from his sign painting days?

3. How does the editor react to Mr. Biswas' free work?

4. Why does Mr. Biswas accuse the Tulsis of being "orthodox Roman Catholic Hindus"?

5. How many days does the pundit recommend Mr. Biswas' father wait before seeing his newborn son?

(see the answer key)

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