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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Mr. Biswas sent to school?
(a) His aunt wants him to have the best opportunities possible.
(b) He is too young to work.
(c) His father left money in his will for his schooling.
(d) A compulsory school attendance law is passed.

3. How does Mr. Biswas' father die?
(a) He drowns.
(b) He is murdered by the bandits.
(c) He falls off a cliff.
(d) From an infected wound.

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

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

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

7. How does Mr. Biswas reply to his mother's claim that she will end up in the poorhouse because of him?
(a) He declares that he will find his own job and buy his own house.
(b) He cries and runs out of the house.
(c) He declares she will never go hungry as long as he is alive.
(d) He faints.

8. In the prologue, how much of the mortgage is left on Mr. Biswas' house?
(a) $5,500.
(b) $3,000.
(c) $2,450.
(d) $13,000.

9. During his illness, what happens to the house that Mr. Biswas was constructing?
(a) His brothers finish building the house.
(b) It is sold.
(c) It is burnt.
(d) Seth and his family move in.

10. What was the purchase price of Mr. Biswas' house?
(a) $5,500.
(b) $3,000.
(c) $2,450.
(d) $13,000.

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

12. After recovering from his illness, how does Mr. Biswas view his past?
(a) As an unrealized blessing of family and providence.
(b) As confirmation of the pundit's prophecy.
(c) As counterfeit and a series of cheating accidents.
(d) As the result of his marriage to Sharma.

13. What deformity does the newborn Mr. Biswas have?
(a) Six fingers on each hand.
(b) Crossed eyes.
(c) A club foot.
(d) A cleft palate.

14. What is Mr. Biswas' favorite hobby?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Walking.
(c) Chess.
(d) Reading.

15. What job does Mr. Biswas have as a child?
(a) Taking water to the neighbor's calf each day.
(b) Tending the goats in the field each day.
(c) Washing the dishes for his aunt each day.
(d) Leading the calves to market each week.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Biswas love about Sharma?

2. How does Mr. Biswas anger Owad?

3. In the prologue, what severance is Mr. Biswas given after he is fired?

4. Which room in Hanuman House does Mr. Biswas occupy while he is ill?

5. Who sold Mr. Biswas the house?

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