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

3. What painkiller does the hospital staff give Dinshawji before he dies?
(a) Morphine.
(b) Ibuprofen.
(c) Percadin.
(d) Vicadin.

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

5. How much extra milk does Dilnavaz request of the bhaiya?
(a) Half of a liter.
(b) A quarter of a liter.
(c) Two liters.
(d) A liter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which religious figure does the sidewalk artist first draw on the stone wall?

2. Whose window is lit up during the blackout in Chapter 20?

3. To what mystery man does Dinshawji compare Gustad in Chapter 12?

4. Who cuts off the lizard's tail in Chapter 19?

5. As the artist notes in Chapter 13, Part 1, what does someone leave in front of Saraswati?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Gustad's interaction with the young man who sleeps in the luggage rack on the train.

2. Where do Laurie and Gustad meet on their lunch hour, and what do they discuss?

3. Summarize the article that Dinshawji brings for Gustad to read.

4. Why does Dilnavaz dump a pan full of a foul substance over Mr. Rabadi's head?

5. Why does Ghulam Mohammed not go inside the Tower of Silence for Major Bilimoria's funeral, and why does he not call Gustad to tell him of the Major's death?

6. Describe the incident that occurs between the four children, the milk seller, and Gustad.

7. What is Cavasji doing in Chapter 20, and what does Gustad note that is different about him?

8. Describe the morcha.

9. Why does the pavement artist draw sacred pictures, and what are his qualifications for doing so?

10. What happens to the pavement artist at the end of the novel?

(see the answer keys)

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