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

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

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

4. Where did Shukumar grow up?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) Boston.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) India.

5. What important function did the residents think Boori Ma did for them?
(a) Cook for them.
(b) Entertain them.
(c) Clean their homes.
(d) Stand guard.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the date when Shoba checks the wall calendar, the day they get the electricity shut-off notice?

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

4. What is the subject of Shukumar's dissertation?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Shoba and Shukumar tell each other the second night of the telling game?

2. How do the Das family look to Mr. Kapasi?

3. Without the Dalals around to protect her, what happens to Boori Ma?

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

5. What secret does Mina Das reveal to Mr. Kapasi?

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

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

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

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

10. What devastating secret does Shukumar tell Shoba during the telling game to hurt her?

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