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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. By law, what are the only exceptions to Sajjad marrying outside his religion?
(a) Marrying a Mormon.
(b) Marrying a Hindu.
(c) Marrying a Jew or a Christian.
(d) Marrying a Buddhist.

2. How long did Hiroko's father spend in prison for treason?
(a) Over 2 weeks.
(b) 16 days.
(c) Almost 3 weeks.
(d) 8 days.

3. What month is the peak of the gardening year in Delhi?
(a) January.
(b) March.
(c) February.
(d) April.

4. What image is on the truck that Abdullah's father drives?
(a) Dead Soviet.
(b) Camel.
(c) Beautiful woman.
(d) Flowers.

5. How long has James known Sajjad?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 11 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 9 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Yoshi Watanabe's family's last name?

2. What comes into the grove where Hiroto and Sajjad consummate their marriage?

3. What video does Kim get in Chapter 17?

4. What is the only language Raza speaks that Hiroko did not teach him?

5. In Chapter 8, where are the Burtons?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 1, who sent Konrad to Nagasaki and why?

2. What does Hiroko know about James Burton when she arrives in Delhi, and what does a painting of him reveal to her?

3. What does Hiroko see when she looks out her window after the world goes white?

4. What is James's occupation and why is he not working in Chapter 4?

5. What happens when Hiroko goes to the bookstore to buy War and Peace in Chapter 14?

6. In Chapter 3, why is Hiroko staying with the Burtons?

7. What negotiations does Hiroko remember that she and Sajjad made during their first years of marriage?

8. How does Elizabeth describe Mussoorie?

9. Why does Raza go to see Abdullah, and what does Abdullah promise him?

10. What ultimatum does Altamash give Iqbal?

(see the answer keys)

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