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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Rupa Mehra's youngest child?
(a) Meenakshi Chatterji.
(b) Lata Mehra.
(c) Mahesh Kapoor.
(d) Savita Mehra.

2. What estate does Maan see from the train in Part 8 and become excited at the prospect of seeing his old friend?
(a) Kapoor Estate.
(b) Tandori Estate.
(c) Mumbai Estate.
(d) Baitar Estate.

3. What refers to a foul smelling place where leather is cured before going to leather craft establishments?
(a) The Tanning Pits.
(b) The Leather Pits.
(c) The Cotton Pits.
(d) The Lacing Pits.

4. To whom is Arun Mehra married?
(a) Savita Mehra.
(b) Meenakshi Chatterji.
(c) Lata Mehra.
(d) Mahesh Kapoor.

5. Who does Maan Kapoor leave Calcutta with in Part 8?
(a) Firoz.
(b) Amit.
(c) Hans.
(d) Rasheed.

6. Who sends Lata a letter in Part 7?
(a) Amit.
(b) Kabir.
(c) Haresh.
(d) Milaki.

7. Kakoli has developed an attachment to a German boy named what in Part 7?
(a) Jacques.
(b) Hans.
(c) Georg.
(d) Daniel.

8. What term refers to an elaborate and complex social system that combines elements of occupation, endogamy, culture, social class, and political power?
(a) Class.
(b) Inferiority.
(c) Caste.
(d) Nobility.

9. Who are recognized by their distinctly wrapped turbans, uncut hair, and steel bracelet (kara) in India?
(a) Dervishes.
(b) Sari.
(c) Sikhs.
(d) Hindi.

10. Maan discovers that who is not Muslim in Part 8?
(a) Maan's father.
(b) Rasheed's mother.
(c) Maan's mother.
(d) Rasheed's father.

11. Rasheed translates Maan's letters to Saeeda Bai into what language?
(a) English.
(b) Urdu.
(c) Bengali.
(d) French.

12. What religious holiday of Hinduism is celebrated by splashing people with bright colored water?
(a) Bhang.
(b) Holi.
(c) Alum.
(d) Hindi.

13. What is the name of Lata Mehra's best friend?
(a) Sabir.
(b) Firoz Khan.
(c) Maan.
(d) Malati.

14. Where to Kabir and Lata a river boat trip in Part 3?
(a) Thames River.
(b) Taj Mahal.
(c) Barsaat Mahal.
(d) The Louvre.

15. What game, played by Meenakshi, is a card game of the rummy family of games believed to be a variant of 500 Rum?
(a) Bridge.
(b) Canasta.
(c) Gin Rummy.
(d) Majhong.

Short Answer Questions

1. What dance is described which Mrs. Rupa Mehra does not understand in Part 7?

2. The Chatterji family is notorious for making up what spontaneously on any subject?

3. What friend does Mrs. Rupa Mehra enlist to help her find a husband for Lata in Part 9?

4. Who learns how his father refused to help an old man who eventually died from want in Part 8?

5. In Part 5, what will the Temple to Shiva have as its centerpiece?

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