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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which newspaper offers Mr. Biswas a job?
(a) "The Trinidad Times."
(b) "The Trinidad Star."
(c) "The Trinidad News."
(d) "The Trinidad Sentinel."

2. In the beginning of Book 2, Chapter 3, where does the family plan to relocate?
(a) Shorthills.
(b) Moruga.
(c) Matelot.
(d) Arwacas.

3. Who institutes the Deserving Destitutes Fund?
(a) The Department of Family and Children's Services.
(b) Mrs. Tulsi.
(c) The directors of the newspaper.
(d) The Community Welfare Department.

4. Why does Mr. Biswas feel like a Deserving Destitute?
(a) He is underpaid and underappreciated.
(b) He does not own his own house.
(c) His household is overcrowded, noisy, and impoverished.
(d) Everyone asks him for money.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Mr. Biswas anger Owad?

3. Which high-paying government agency is Mr. Biswas invited to join?

4. Where does Mrs. Tulsi go when she leaves the Port of Spain?

5. Why does Owad go to England?

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