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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sits behind the curtain to eat?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Ibrahim.
(c) Minnie.
(d) Mrs. Bhoolabhoy.

2. What year is it when the novel opens?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1960.

3. What do Tusker and Mr. Bhoolabhoy do together?
(a) They walk together.
(b) They go to movies.
(c) They play bridge.
(d) They drink together.

4. When Ibrahim takes Bloxsaw to the coffee shop, who does he see there?
(a) Tusker.
(b) The English hippie.
(c) Mrs. Bhoolabhoy and a strange group of Indian men.
(d) Minnie.

5. Why is Tusker pleased when he sees Lucy talk to the new mali?
(a) He knows the mali is not a hallucination.
(b) Lucy has trouble making friends with Indians.
(c) He now knows Lucy is paying the mali.
(d) He wants more work done in the garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ibrahim bring to the doctor to drink that he secretly hopes will make the doctor sick?

2. When Mr. Bhoolabhoy visits Tusker, Ibrahim hears his telling Tusker about the new hotel in Ranpur. What is the name of the hotel?

3. Who did Ibrahim's father work for when Ibrahim was a child?

4. Why did Mrs. Bhoolabhoy fire the old mali?

5. Where does Tusker wish to be buried?

(see the answer key)

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