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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Green Vale?
(a) One of the Tulsis' sugar estates.
(b) An estate on the mainland.
(c) A hotel run by Seth.
(d) An English manor.

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

3. What does Mr. Biswas use to begin construction on his new house in Book 1, Chapter 5?
(a) Bricks from an old estate.
(b) Cinder blocks.
(c) Fresh lumber from the field.
(d) Salvaged or cheaply purchased used materials.

4. How does Mr. Biswas react when he sees his lodgings at Green Vale?
(a) He refuses to live in the house.
(b) He buys new furniture.
(c) He begins landscaping the yard.
(d) He resolves to build a proper house of his own.

5. What happens to the furniture in Mr. Biswas' house while he is ill?
(a) It is sold.
(b) Thieves break in and steal it.
(c) It is moved back to Hanuman House.
(d) It is burned.

6. After his father's death, where does Mr. Biswas live?
(a) In a cave on the cliff.
(b) In a mud hut owned by Aunt Tara.
(c) In an apartment with his mother.
(d) In his Aunt Tara's house.

7. What does Mr. Biswas recommend his wife do to earn money?
(a) Sell their old car.
(b) Work at the school.
(c) Sell her hair.
(d) Sell vegetables.

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

9. What book is Mr. Biswas keep for the rest of his life after being unable to return it to school?
(a) "Book of Comprehensive Knowledge"
(b) "The Lives of Engineers"
(c) "That Body of Yours"
(d) "Bell's Standard Elocutionist"

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

11. In Book 1, Chapter 3, which relative betrays Mr. Biswas to the Tulsis?
(a) Pundit Tulsi.
(b) Owad.
(c) Govind.
(d) Sharma.

12. What solution does Seth recommend for Mr. Biswas' financial problems?
(a) Hiring thugs to collect debts.
(b) Declaring bankruptcy.
(c) Selling the store to his English investor.
(d) Burning the store and collecting the insurance.

13. What treatment does the doctor recommend for Mr. Biswas?
(a) Ovaltine, vitamins, and rest.
(b) An experimental medication.
(c) Radiation and chemotherapy.
(d) Hospitalization.

14. What does Bipti do the day before Mr. Biswas is born?
(a) Crosses the path of a white calf.
(b) Faints at the market.
(c) Goes to her parents' home with her three children.
(d) Falls down the stairs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the family at Hanuman House learn that Mr. Biswas is sick?

2. What physical reaction does Mr. Biswas have to stress?

3. Why does Pundit Jairam send Mr. Biswas back home?

4. In Book 1, Chapter 5, after Mr. Biswas runs out of money for construction, what does he use for building material?

5. Who remains with Mr. Biswas at Green Vale when Sharma leaves?

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