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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is eventually discovered on Bipti's property after it is sold?
(a) A grave.
(b) Gold.
(c) Hindi artifacts.
(d) Oil.

2. In the prologue, why is Mr. Biswas pleased with his wife Shama?
(a) She supports the family by getting a job in a local school.
(b) She makes his favorite meal the night he is fired.
(c) She confronts his boss after he is fired.
(d) She does not run back to her family when he is fired.

3. In the prologue, how does Shama attempt to earn money?
(a) By selling used cars.
(b) By stealing food and selling back to the market.
(c) By buying potatoes wholesale and then reselling them.
(d) By working as a custodian for the local school.

4. How does Mr. Biswas earn the $1,200 needed for the down payment on the house?
(a) He sells his automobile.
(b) He sells his office building.
(c) He and Anand roof Mrs. Tulsi's house.
(d) He sells his house in Shorthills.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Biswas do when he sees a relative's child destroying some of the store's stock?

2. What structure does Seth plan to build on the garden site?

3. What is Pundit Tulsi famous for?

4. In Book 2, Chapter 1, where does Mr. Biswas find his mother living?

5. Why does Sharma call her daughter Savi?

(see the answer key)

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