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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 type of garden does the work crew destroy in Chapter 2 of Book 2?
(a) A rose garden.
(b) An English-style flower garden.
(c) A vegetable garden.
(d) A Japanese rock garden.

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

3. What problem does Mr. Biswas have with the stairway of his new house?
(a) It is very rickety.
(b) It is missing.
(c) There are splinters in most of the boards.
(d) Two boards are missing at the top of the stairs.

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

5. Where does Mr. Biswas live after Mrs. Tulsi evicts him from the house in Port of Spain?
(a) In his house in Shorthills.
(b) With Ramchand.
(c) In a small apartment.
(d) In a single room in one of Mrs. Tulsi's tenement houses.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Biswas earn the $1,200 needed for the down payment on the house?

2. What sign does Mr. Biswas post on his house in Shorthills?

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

4. When his commute to work becomes difficult, where does Mr. Biswas find lodging?

5. Before Book 2, Chapter 3, which family member has managed the family's estates?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mr. Biswas buy a typewriter, and what happens to it later in the story?

2. How does Mrs. Tulsi react to Owad's impending return from England?

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

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

5. Describe the circumstances and events surrounding the destruction of Mr. Biswas' rose garden.

6. How do the school examinations affect the children of the Tulsi household?

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

8. How does Mr. Biswas earn his promotion as reporter for the "Trinidad Sentinel?"

9. How does the Deserving Destitutes Fund cause hardship for Mr. Biswas?

10. Why does the Biswas family leave Mrs. Tulsi's house in Port of Spain after Owad's return?

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