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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Pundit Tulsi famous for?
(a) His astonishingly accurate prophecies.
(b) Being the first man on Trinidad to be killed by a motor car.
(c) Being a wealthy plantation owner.
(d) Being the first Pundit in Trinidad to be elected governor.

2. While at school, what talent does Mr. Biswas discover he has?
(a) Ornate lettering.
(b) Public speaking.
(c) English.
(d) Mathematics.

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

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

5. What does Bipti's father believe caused the argument between Bipti and her husband?
(a) Hard times.
(b) The white calf.
(c) Bipti's attitude.
(d) Fate.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days does the pundit recommend Mr. Biswas' father wait before seeing his newborn son?

2. What does Mungroo sue Mr. Biswas for?

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

4. Why does Sharma call her daughter Savi?

5. What does Mr. Biswas recommend his wife do to earn money?

Short Essay Questions

1. What job does Mr. Biswas have as a child, and how does he lose that job?

2. How does Mr. Biswas express his displeasure with his in-laws and his communal living situation?

3. Describe Mr. Biswas' emotional state during his illness.

4. Describe the events leading to Mr. Biswas and Shama's courtship and marriage.

5. What explanation does Shama give for the store's financial problems?

6. How does Mr. Biswas attempt to improve the store's financial situation?

7. What happens to the Biswas children after their father dies?

8. Describe Mr. Biswas' early education.

9. Why do the Tulsis consider Mr. Biswas a rebel?

10. Describe Mr. Biswas' room in Green Vale.

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