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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many elderly aunts, widowed cousins, and other female relatives and dependents live in Neel's house?
(a) 203.
(b) Around 80.
(c) 112.
(d) At least 100.

2. How old was Zachary when he left school?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

3. Where is Captain Chilllingworth from?
(a) Yorkshire.
(b) London.
(c) Liverpool.
(d) Devonshire.

4. What is Paulette's nickname that Jodu's mother calls her?
(a) Pari.
(b) Putli.
(c) Paakhi.
(d) Pallavi.

5. Where was Zachary Reid's mother from?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Maryland.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Ohio.

6. In Chapter 6, what does Nob Kissin Pander show Paulette?
(a) Her mother's ear bobs.
(b) Her father's cuff links.
(c) Locket with her mother's photograph.
(d) A photograph of her father.

7. In Chapter 9, what job does Kalua perform for Ramsaran-ji?
(a) Works as a porter.
(b) Drives him to a factory.
(c) Carries goods for him.
(d) Rows him across the river.

8. How long does it usually take Paulette to write the place cards for Mrs. Burnham?
(a) About three hours.
(b) An hour or two.
(c) 90 minutes.
(d) 45 minutes.

9. What is the name of the suburb in Calcutta where the white merchants of Calcutta have their country estates?
(a) Garden Reach.
(b) Quiet Gardens.
(c) Lookout Garden.
(d) Green Gardens.

10. How many years did Zachary work at a shipyard in Baltimore?
(a) 9.
(b) 3.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

11. How many days after Serang Ali predicts the Captain's death, does the Captain die?
(a) 14.
(b) 10.
(c) 17.
(d) 12.

12. In Chapter 7, how long has it been since Ma Tarmony died?
(a) 7 years and 25 weeks.
(b) 11 years and 4 weeks.
(c) 8 years and 45 weeks.
(d) 9 years and 50 weeks.

13. Where did Baboo Nob Kissin spend his childhood?
(a) 60 miles north of Calcutta.
(b) 25 miles south of Calcutta.
(c) 15 miles south of Calcutta.
(d) 20 miles north of Calcutta.

14. What color does Nob Kissin Pander ask if Zachery ever turns?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Yellow.

15. What is Cornelius Pinto's religion?
(a) Buddhist.
(b) Muslim.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Hindu.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many guns does the Ibis have?

2. How many Indian workers are managed by a senior official of the East India Company at the opium factory?

3. In Chapter 3, how long has it been since Jodu has been to the harbor?

4. How many things does Zachary Reid like to think of to praise each day?

5. How long has the zemindary of Rashkhali been in Neel's family in Chapter 5?

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