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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. What does Mr. Biswas discover about Sharma after they move to The Chase?
(a) She is a brilliant mathematician.
(b) She is not a virgin.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She is leaving him.

2. What does Sharma want to have done to the house being built in Book 1, Chapter 5?
(a) She wants electricity installed.
(b) She wants running water inside the house.
(c) She wants carpet on the bare floors.
(d) She wants the house blessed.

3. Which relative urges Mr. Biswas to find a job after several months spent recuperating at Hanuman House?
(a) Govind.
(b) Mrs. Tulsi.
(c) Seth.
(d) Sharma.

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

5. What does Sharma use to treat bedbugs?
(a) Lysol.
(b) Kerosene.
(c) Gasoline.
(d) Alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What treatment does Mrs. Tulsi give Anand for his asthma?

2. What is Pundit Tulsi famous for?

3. When Mr. Biswas becomes disillusioned about his marriage to Sharma, where does he go?

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

5. How does Mr. Biswas lose his childhood job?

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