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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of the newspaper article that Dinshawji gives Gustad in Chapter 13?
(a) Madhiwalla Bonesetter.
(b) The CIA.
(c) Mr. Madon.
(d) Major Bilimoria.

2. What sound is present in the first sentence of Chapter 13?
(a) Birds singing.
(b) A mandolin.
(c) An air raid siren.
(d) Thunder.

3. Who cuts off the lizard's tail in Chapter 19?
(a) Alamai.
(b) Tehmul.
(c) Miss Kutpitia.
(d) Dilnavaz.

4. What month is it in Chapter 18?
(a) July.
(b) December.
(c) March.
(d) September.

5. What topic does Laurie primarily discuss with Gustad?
(a) Dinshawji.
(b) The state of the economy.
(c) Politics.
(d) Roshan's illness.

6. What type of dog does Mr. Rabadi have?
(a) An English bull terrier.
(b) A cocker spaniel.
(c) A Pomeranian.
(d) A labrador retriever.

7. As mentioned in Chapter 20, which character has high blood pressure?
(a) Mr. Rabadi.
(b) Cavasji.
(c) Gustad.
(d) Miss Kutpitia.

8. At the end of Chapter 16, what time does Gustad arrive home?
(a) 11:30 PM.
(b) 9:00 PM.
(c) 2:00 AM.
(d) Noon.

9. Where is Major Bilimoria in Chapter 15?
(a) Baghdad.
(b) New Delhi.
(c) London.
(d) Bombay.

10. Whose window is lit up during the blackout in Chapter 20?
(a) Inspector Bamji's.
(b) Gustad's.
(c) Mr. Rabadi's.
(d) Tehmul's.

11. Who visits Dilnavaz in Part 4 of Chapter 21?
(a) Sohrab.
(b) Sister Constance.
(c) Hydraulic Hema.
(d) Her mother.

12. To what mystery man does Dinshawji compare Gustad in Chapter 12?
(a) Sherlock Holmes.
(b) Alfred Hitchcock.
(c) Arthur Conan Doyle.
(d) MacGyver.

13. During their conversation in Chapter 14, how long does Ghulam Mohammed give Gustad to retrieve the money from the bank?
(a) Thirty days.
(b) A hundred days.
(c) A year.
(d) A week.

14. When the march pauses in front of the wall of sacred paintings in Chapter 22, who is the only person venerating Zarathustra?
(a) Hydraulic Hema.
(b) Peerbhoy Panwalla.
(c) Dr. Paymaster.
(d) The manager of the cinema.

15. Where does Gustad go in Chapter 15 in order to request healing for Roshan and Dinshawji?
(a) Madhiwalla Bonesetter.
(b) Mount Mary.
(c) The Wailing Wall.
(d) The Taj Mahal.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, where do Gustad and Laurie go on their lunch break in order to talk?

2. What season is it in Chapter 15?

3. Who leads the group that plans to tear down the black stone wall?

4. What painkiller does the hospital staff give Dinshawji before he dies?

5. How much extra milk does Dilnavaz request of the bhaiya?

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