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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 did Boori Ma claim she was before coming to the building.
(a) A school principal.
(b) A landowner.
(c) A professor.
(d) A toilet cleaner.

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

3. Mr. Kapasi thinks the Das couple acts like what?
(a) Siblings.
(b) Lovers.
(c) Indians.
(d) Children.

4. What is on the front of Mrs. Das' shirt that keeps attracting Mr. Kapasi's eyes?
(a) A strawberry.
(b) A rose.
(c) A flag.
(d) An American phrase.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lilia treats the little candies Mr. Pirzada brings her like what?

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

3. What did Shoba give Shukumar for their first wedding anniversary?

4. What is Boori Ma's main job at the building where she lives?

5. How soon is the baby due when Shukumar goes to an academic conference?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mr. Kapasi's other occupation?

2. Why isn't Mrs. Dalal pleased with what Mr. Dalal does for her when he gets a promotion?

3. What is similar between the Das marriage and the Kapasi marriage?

4. What are the national distinctions between Pakistan and India that Lilia is unaware of?

5. What are the rituals Mr. Pirzada follows nightly?

6. What problems do the two new basins purchased by Mr. Dalal cause in Boori Ma's building?

7. Who is Boori Ma and what does she do for a living?

8. What do the residents of the building think about Boori Ma?

9. What unfortunate incident occurs on the trip to the hills of Udayagiri?

10. Why does Shukumar not look forward to the weekends when Shoba is home?

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