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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Tulsi evict everyone from the house in Port of Spain?
(a) She is preparing the house for Owad's return.
(b) She must fumigate for rats.
(c) She is angry at the entire family.
(d) She is selling the house.

2. What author does Mr. Biswas favor during the period of time when working conditions at "The Sentinel" become extremely stressful?
(a) W.C. Fields.
(b) Edgar Allen Poe.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) Emily Dickinson.

3. What does the solicitor's clerk do on Thursday?
(a) He cleans the house.
(b) He calls the police.
(c) He moves out.
(d) He goes to the bank.

4. Before Book 2, Chapter 3, which family member has managed the family's estates?
(a) Ramchand.
(b) Seth.
(c) Govind.
(d) Mrs. Tulsi.

5. Whom does Mr. Biswas borrow money from in order to purchase the house in Book 2, Chapter 6?
(a) Mrs. Tulsi.
(b) Pratap.
(c) Ramchand.
(d) Ajodha.

6. Why is Mr. Biswas asked to join the new government agency after the war?
(a) Because of his writing skills.
(b) Because of his experience in working with the Deserving Destitutes.
(c) Because of his experience in construction.
(d) Because he has a large family.

7. Why is Shekhar jealous of Owad?
(a) He loves Owad's fiance.
(b) Owad is Mrs. Tulsi's favorite child.
(c) Shekhar claims he wanted to study at Cambridge.
(d) He wishes he could work overseas.

8. 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.

9. While traveling around the island as part of his new government job, where does Mr. Biswas establish an office?
(a) In an abandoned shopping center.
(b) At Hanuman House.
(c) At his house in Shorthills.
(d) In downtown Port of Spain.

10. 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.

11. What justification does Seth give for the destruction of the garden?
(a) His plan will make more money than the produce from the garden.
(b) The vegetable plants were already dying.
(c) He reminds Mr. Biswas that he owns the land.
(d) He sees the garden as a silly waste of space.

12. How far off the floor is one of the doors in the new house?
(a) Two inches.
(b) A foot.
(c) Ten inches.
(d) Six inches.

13. What do the Tulsi women feed their chickens?
(a) Chicken feed from the Tulsi store in Arwacas.
(b) Moldy cakes discarded from the bakeries in town.
(c) Bits of leftover soup and crackers.
(d) Dried corn bartered from their renters.

14. 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 renting land to sharecroppers.
(d) By selling eggs.

15. Which character does Owad attack verbally?
(a) Seth.
(b) Mrs. Tulsi.
(c) Anand.
(d) Savi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which high-paying government agency is Mr. Biswas invited to join?

2. What does Shama borrow from Basdai?

3. In Book 2, Chapter 4, what happens to Chinta?

4. What does Mrs. Tulsi purchase in Port of Spain?

5. Who is Basdai?

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