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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. How many days does the pundit recommend Mr. Biswas' father wait before seeing his newborn son?
(a) 7.
(b) 21.
(c) 12.
(d) 90.

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

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

4. How does Mr. Biswas attempt to collect the money owed to the store?
(a) He hires a solicitor to collect debts from customers.
(b) He calls on the local police for assistance.
(c) He goes door to door to collect debts himself.
(d) He sues all of his customers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Biswas study with Pundit Jairam?

2. How does Mr. Biswas react when he sees his lodgings at Green Vale?

3. Why does Mr. Biswas accuse the Tulsis of being "orthodox Roman Catholic Hindus"?

4. After recovering from his illness, how does Mr. Biswas view his future?

5. What deformity does the newborn Mr. Biswas have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What must Mr. Biswas and Shama do to reopen their shop and house in The Chase?

3. How does the Tulsi family care for Mr. Biswas during his illness?

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

5. What motivates Mr. Biswas to become self-employed?

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

7. Describe Mr. Biswas' early education.

8. How does Shama react when Mr. Biswas loses his job?

9. Describe the Tulsi family.

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

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