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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What treatment does Ramchand recommend for Mr. Biswas?
(a) Music from a gramophone.
(b) A long vacation.
(c) Long walks in the country.
(d) Tranquilizers.

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

3. How many days does the pundit recommend Mr. Biswas' father wait before seeing his newborn son?
(a) 12.
(b) 90.
(c) 21.
(d) 7.

4. Where does Sharma go to prepare for the birth of her first child?
(a) The local hospital.
(b) A room above the store.
(c) A hospital on the mainland.
(d) The Hanuman House.

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

6. Which room in Hanuman House does Mr. Biswas occupy while he is ill?
(a) The back of the kitchen.
(b) Seth's bedroom.
(c) Mrs. Tulsi's bedroom.
(d) The front living room.

7. What is Savi's nickname when she is at the Hanuman House?
(a) Little doll.
(b) Little Sharma.
(c) Little flower.
(d) Little paddler.

8. How does the family at Hanuman House learn that Mr. Biswas is sick?
(a) In a newspaper article.
(b) Through a message.
(c) Through a rumor.
(d) Through a phone call.

9. How has Pundit Tulsi been immortalized?
(a) In a poem.
(b) In a painting.
(c) With a statue.
(d) In a drinking song.

10. In the prologue, what severance is Mr. Biswas given after he is fired?
(a) Three months' notice and a free newspaper delivered to his door each morning.
(b) A hundred rupees and a taxicab ride home.
(c) None.
(d) Fifteen rupees and a free police radio.

11. Where does Mr. Biswas work with Bhandat, Ajodha's brother?
(a) A rum shop.
(b) A school.
(c) A sugar cane plantation.
(d) A factory.

12. How does Mr. Biswas anger Owad?
(a) By cursing his family.
(b) By hitting him.
(c) By spitting on him.
(d) By ignoring him.

13. What disease afflicts Bipti's father?
(a) Polio.
(b) Leprosy.
(c) Asthma.
(d) Lupus.

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

15. What does Mr. Biswas do when he is bored at the shop?
(a) Sweeps the floor and rearranges the stock.
(b) Plays solitaire.
(c) Paints landscape murals and reads novels.
(d) Counts the little bit of money in the cashbox.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Tulsis hire Mr. Biswas to do in their dry goods store?

2. What treatment does the doctor recommend for Mr. Biswas?

3. How does Mr. Biswas decorate his room in Green Vale?

4. What is Pundit Tulsi famous for?

5. According to pundit, what must Mr. Biswas stay away from?

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