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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many daughters does Mr. Pirzada have?
(a) Nine.
(b) Seven.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

2. Mr. Pirzada is from what city in Pakistan?
(a) Islamabad.
(b) Karachi.
(c) Dacca.
(d) Quetta.

3. What is Lilia's father's occupation?
(a) Salesperson.
(b) Graduate student.
(c) Professor.
(d) Bank teller.

4. What game do Mr. Pirzada and Lilia's parents play each night?
(a) Monopoly.
(b) Backgammon.
(c) Scrabble.
(d) Checkers.

5. How old is Mrs. Das?
(a) 46.
(b) 32.
(c) 27.
(d) 28.

6. Lilia recalls events that occur in the fall of what year?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1976.

7. What is the name of Mr. and Mrs. Das' daughter?
(a) Mina.
(b) Tina.
(c) Ronni.
(d) Lilia.

8. How old is Lilia during the events of her story?
(a) Twelve years old.
(b) Nine years old.
(c) Ten years old.
(d) Thirteen years old.

9. Mr. Pirzada's daughters' names all start with what letter?
(a) A.
(b) Z.
(c) P.
(d) D.

10. Lilia's parents were born where?
(a) Bengal.
(b) Bombay.
(c) Calcutta.
(d) Cambridge.

11. What gets stolen from the building while Boori Ma is away for the afternoon?
(a) The basin.
(b) The telephone.
(c) Both basins.
(d) All the keys.

12. What is the name of the Indian sun god that the Das family see statues of at the Sun Temple?
(a) Savatar.
(b) Suez.
(c) Surya.
(d) Suri.

13. What does Mrs. Das do in the car as her family drives through In India?
(a) Paints her nails.
(b) Looks out the window.
(c) Sings to the children.
(d) Reads the guide book.

14. How long has Shukumar been in graduate school?
(a) Four years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Seven years.
(d) Two years.

15. What phrase accompanied all of Boori Ma's stories?
(a) Back in the day.
(b) All true, every word.
(c) Believe me, don't believe me.
(d) As God is my witness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lilia stop doing each night so as not to ruin her prayer for Mr. Pirzada's family?

2. What does Mrs. Das complain about as they drive around India?

3. What does Mrs. Das want to mail to Mr. Kapasi?

4. In what room in the house does Shukumar work on his dissertation?

5. What attracts the monkeys to Bobby Das?

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