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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Bobby want to return home?
(a) Dreaming of Amrita.
(b) Remembering Victoria.
(c) Seeing Krishna.
(d) Hearing the song of Kali.

2. How did most of Abe's family die?
(a) They committed suicide.
(b) They were killed in Holocaust.
(c) They died of cancer.
(d) They were in an airplane crash.

3. What does Abe leave to Bobby when he dies?
(a) The magazine.
(b) His fortune.
(c) Das's book.
(d) A yacht.

4. Who invented natural cures for Das' disease?
(a) Indaniont.
(b) Gupta.
(c) Gandhi.
(d) Kali.

5. What statue is in Das's room the second time Bobby see him?
(a) A statue of Buddha.
(b) Bobby's book.
(c) The statue of Kali.
(d) A portrait of Gandhi.

6. What does Gupta try to keep Amrita from doing?
(a) Change her hotel room.
(b) Stay with Victoria.
(c) Going to get the manuscript.
(d) Leaving the country early.

7. What kinds of songs does Das want to hear Tangore pupils sing?
(a) Songs of peace.
(b) Songs of violence.
(c) Songs of anger.
(d) Songs of understanding.

8. How long is Das's manuscript?
(a) 500 pages.
(b) 300 pages.
(c) 400 pages.
(d) 600 pages.

9. What does Das say is the only thing that matters?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Power.
(c) Kali.
(d) Life.

10. Why does Bobby think Gupta must die?
(a) For his complicity.
(b) For his invitation to India.
(c) For his relationship to Kamakhya.
(d) For his lack of help.

11. What is Mahishasura?
(a) A god.
(b) A writer.
(c) A demon.
(d) A politician.

12. Why do bus passengers shrink away from Bobby?
(a) He is shirtless.
(b) He is white.
(c) He smells bad.
(d) He is covered in blood.

13. What makes Bobby dismayed about his appearance?
(a) His daughter doesn't recognize him.
(b) He looks in the mirror.
(c) His hair gets too long for his comfort.
(d) He hears women talking about him.

14. What does Tagore think his life is meant to do?
(a) Amuse the Gods.
(b) Raise a family.
(c) Perpetuate his race.
(d) Change the world.

15. What does Tagore write about his coma?
(a) A book.
(b) A song.
(c) A poem.
(d) An article.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Bobby and Amrita move at the end of the book?

2. How does Chatterjee feel when Krishna talks about Tagore?

3. Why does Bobby refuse to cremate Victoria?

4. What is in the bag given to Bobby from Krishna?

5. What sits on the table in the black room?

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