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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. Who institutes the Deserving Destitutes Fund?
(a) The directors of the newspaper.
(b) Mrs. Tulsi.
(c) The Department of Family and Children's Services.
(d) The Community Welfare Department.

2. In Book 2, Chapter 1, what city does Mr. Biswas move to?
(a) Matura.
(b) Moruga.
(c) Arwacas.
(d) Port of Spain.

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

4. 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 eggs.
(b) By making incense from orangewood.
(c) By renting land to sharecroppers.
(d) By selling chickens.

5. In the beginning of Book 2, Chapter 3, where does the family plan to relocate?
(a) Arwacas.
(b) Moruga.
(c) Matelot.
(d) Shorthills.

Short Answer Questions

1. While traveling around the island as part of his new government job, where does Mr. Biswas establish an office?

2. Who is Basdai?

3. What does W.C. Tuttle purchase in Book 2, Chapter 5?

4. What author does Mr. Biswas favor during the period of time when working conditions at "The Sentinel" become extremely stressful?

5. Which character enrolls in remedial classes at the college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Tulsi family plan to do in Shorthills?

2. Describe Mr. Biswas' new job with the Community Welfare Department.

3. How do Owad's communist views affect the Tulsi family?

4. How is Mr. Biswas' second house spared from burning?

5. How do Mr. Biswas and other members of the Tulsi family end up living in the Port of Spain house for a second time?

6. How does Mr. Biswas use Hanuman House after it has been abandoned by the Tulsi family?

7. What factors contribute to the failure of the farm?

8. How does Shama assist with the repairs to the new house?

9. How does Mrs. Tulsi's return to Arwacas affect the family left in Port of Spain?

10. Describe the conflict that arises between Owad and Anand.

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