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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which high-paying government agency is Mr. Biswas invited to join?
(a) The Community Welfare Department.
(b) The Department of Civil Engineering.
(c) The Department of Family and Children's Services.
(d) The Department of Transportation.

2. What type of garden does the work crew destroy in Chapter 2 of Book 2?
(a) A Japanese rock garden.
(b) An English-style flower garden.
(c) A vegetable garden.
(d) A rose garden.

3. While Anand is preparing for examinations, what does he do every morning and evening?
(a) Exercise.
(b) Deliver newspapers.
(c) Attend tutoring sessions.
(d) Attend Yoga classes.

4. What does Mr. Biswas purchase through a government sponsored loan?
(a) An office building.
(b) A house.
(c) An apartment.
(d) An automobile.

5. What does Mr. Biswas offer to do for free for the editor of the newspaper?
(a) Proofread.
(b) Set up the typesetter.
(c) Write articles.
(d) Clean his office.

6. Why does the man in the café need to sell his house?
(a) His elderly mother can no longer manage the stairs.
(b) He can no longer afford the upkeep of the house.
(c) He is moving to England.
(d) He is tired of being a landlord.

7. Which newspaper offers Mr. Biswas a job?
(a) "The Trinidad Times."
(b) "The Trinidad Star."
(c) "The Trinidad News."
(d) "The Trinidad Sentinel."

8. Where does Mr. Biswas live after Mrs. Tulsi evicts him from the house in Port of Spain?
(a) In a single room in one of Mrs. Tulsi's tenement houses.
(b) With Ramchand.
(c) In his house in Shorthills.
(d) In a small apartment.

9. Who is Mr. Biswas' supervisor at the new government agency?
(a) Mrs. Tulsi.
(b) Miss Sigand.
(c) Mr. Armand.
(d) Miss Logie.

10. What is the job of the certificate searcher?
(a) To catalog birth, death and marriage certificates in the civil office.
(b) To help the illiterate apply for birth, death and marriage certificates.
(c) To help the wealthy procure visas and travel documents.
(d) To locate stolen and missing visas and travel documents.

11. After the family's first harvest does not produce the gains expected, how do some of the Tulsi women plan to earn money?
(a) By selling chickens.
(b) By making incense from orangewood.
(c) By selling eggs.
(d) By renting land to sharecroppers.

12. What about the house surprises Mr. Biswas?
(a) Shoddy construction and multiple defects.
(b) The hidden room under the staircase.
(c) The bright yellow bathroom.
(d) There is a boarder living upstairs.

13. What presents do the children receive the Christmas after Owad goes to England?
(a) Books and candy.
(b) Dolls and clothes.
(c) None.
(d) Cash.

14. When does Mr. Biswas make the final decision to purchase the house?
(a) Thursday morning.
(b) Monday night.
(c) Tuesday morning.
(d) The next week.

15. Why do the problems associated with the house not bother the Biswas family for very long?
(a) They sell the house for a profit.
(b) They are happy to be independent of the Tulsi family.
(c) They rent the house to Basdai and buy a new house.
(d) The house burns down.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of Book 2, Chapter 3, where does the family plan to relocate?

2. What type of club does Owad join after he returns home?

3. Where are the examination scores posted?

4. When his commute to work becomes difficult, where does Mr. Biswas find lodging?

5. What did Owad study while overseas?

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