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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 does Mr. Biswas love about Sharma?
(a) Her figure.
(b) Her voice.
(c) Her smile.
(d) Her mouth.

2. What deformity does the newborn Mr. Biswas have?
(a) Crossed eyes.
(b) A club foot.
(c) Six fingers on each hand.
(d) A cleft palate.

3. Why is Mr. Biswas sent to school?
(a) His aunt wants him to have the best opportunities possible.
(b) A compulsory school attendance law is passed.
(c) His father left money in his will for his schooling.
(d) He is too young to work.

4. How is the beginning of the prologue unusual?
(a) The prologue begins with Mr. Biswas' murder.
(b) All the dialogue is in Hindi.
(c) The prologue begins with the end of Mr. Biswas' story.
(d) Mr. Biswas begins telling his own story.

5. In the beginning of Chapter 2, who buys the Bipti's property?
(a) The owners of the sugar cane plantation.
(b) Her next door neighbor, Dhari.
(c) Her sister, Tara.
(d) A foreign investor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sharma call her daughter Savi?

2. What does Sharma blame for the failure of the store?

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

4. What does Sharma want to have done to the house being built in Book 1, Chapter 5?

5. Who sold Mr. Biswas the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mr. Biswas' father die?

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

3. Why does Mr. Biswas consider himself a successful man?

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

5. What motivates Mr. Biswas to choose the house for his family?

6. Describe Mr. Biswas.

7. Describe Mr. Biswas' early education.

8. What happens to Mr. Biswas' house in Green Vale during his illness?

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

10. Why does Pundit Jairam send Mr. Biswas home?

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