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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sanjay pretend to be at the Naidu Infectious Diseases Hospital?
(a) A reporter.
(b) A student.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A sick man.

2. Where is Muktananandaji's corpse painted?
(a) The cheeks.
(b) The back.
(c) The hands.
(d) The eyes.

3. Who does Muktananandaji beg during the second meeting?
(a) Das.
(b) Kali.
(c) Sanjay.
(d) The priest.

4. What two words does Amrita use to describe India?
(a) Alien and familiar.
(b) Frustrating and lovely.
(c) Confusing and frightening.
(d) Comforting and intimidating.

5. What does Kamakhya want to ask Bobby?
(a) Where Das is.
(b) If she can have a job.
(c) Where he came from.
(d) When her poem will be published.

6. Who tries to talk Bobby out of going to India?
(a) Abe.
(b) Adam.
(c) Anna.
(d) Amrita.

7. How does Bobby describe his meeting with Krishna to Amrita?
(a) Hilarious.
(b) Mysterious.
(c) Frightening.
(d) Unexpected.

8. What elements of the story from the meeting with Krishna does Amrita wishes she had been able to decipher?
(a) Religious.
(b) Lingual.
(c) Cultural.
(d) Educational.

9. What does Muktananandaji want to do while his corpse is painted?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Cry.
(d) Scream.

10. Where in India is Bobby planning on going?
(a) Calcutta.
(b) Bombay.
(c) Punjab.
(d) Agra.

11. What brings darkness to Bobby while making love to his wife?
(a) A cloud crosses the moon.
(b) Fog rolls in.
(c) The moon sets.
(d) The power goes out.

12. At what age did Bobby's wife leave India?
(a) 14.
(b) 17.
(c) 7.
(d) 10.

13. Where is Bobby's wife from?
(a) England.
(b) India.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Sri Lanka.

14. What does Amrita do for Bobby on the way from the airport to the hotel?
(a) Restrains him.
(b) Feeds him.
(c) Covers him.
(d) Translates for him.

15. How does Abe know Bobby?
(a) They went to school together.
(b) He is Bobby's publisher.
(c) He is Bobby's uncle.
(d) They are neighbors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gupta emphasize in his meeting with Bobby?

2. What kind of birds are all over at Ashutosh?

3. What does Sanjay say is easy to do in Calcutta?

4. What is the first thing to be sacrificed at the second meeting?

5. What does Bobby say is the strangest part about Muktananandaji's story?

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