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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Pirzada give Lilia for Halloween?
(a) A flashlight.
(b) Mints.
(c) A pumpkin.
(d) A purple lollipop.

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

3. What does Shukumar make for dinner the first night the power is out?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Lamb.
(c) Steak.
(d) Fish.

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

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

6. What does Mr. Pirzada do each time he enters the home of Lilia's family?
(a) Offers a bottle of wine.
(b) Says a prayer.
(c) Removes his shoes.
(d) Bows to Lilia's father.

7. What is Boori Ma's main job at the building where she lives?
(a) Sweeping the stairs.
(b) Cooking the food.
(c) Cleaning the bedding.
(d) Washing the toilets.

8. Shoba thought the poem Shukumar published was what?
(a) Silly.
(b) Sensational.
(c) Sensitive.
(d) Sentimental.

9. What does Lilia tell Dora about Mr. Pirzada's daughters?
(a) They are brats.
(b) They are missing.
(c) They are dead.
(d) They are pretty.

10. What does Boori Ma think is in her bedding?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Mites.
(c) Prickly heat.
(d) Cockroaches.

11. Lilia is unaware of national distinctions until she asks her father about setting a ________ for the Indian man.
(a) Fork.
(b) Plate.
(c) Glass.
(d) Spoon.

12. What is the subject of Shukumar's dissertation?
(a) Agrarian revolts in Inida.
(b) The India-Pakistan War.
(c) The American Revolution.
(d) Farm policy in Inida.

13. What is the final secret Shoba reveals to Shukumar?
(a) The sex of their baby.
(b) She wants to move out.
(c) She was unfaithful.
(d) She hates him.

14. How long ago did Shoba and Shukumar's baby die?
(a) Four years.
(b) Three months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Three weeks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lilia recalls events that occur in the fall of what year?

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

3. How did the residents of the building know Boori Ma was a refugee?

4. Mr. Pirzada sends Lilia's family a card for what occasion?

5. What was the name of the friend who drove Shoba to the hospital?

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