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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sai react when Gyan apologizes for what he said to her about Christmas?
(a) She refuses to forgive him.
(b) She accuses him of being jealous of her wealth.
(c) She accuses him of being angry because he wasn't invited.
(d) She forgives him.

2. What is Gyan's response when the judge asks him what poets he admires?
(a) He can't think of any because he is a science person.
(b) He can't think of any because he has been put on the spot.
(c) He says he likes Frost.
(d) He says he likes Goethe.

3. What does Biju misrepresent about himself in his letters to the cook?
(a) He claims to have a green card.
(b) He claims to be helping others from his village.
(c) He claims to have integrated into American society.
(d) He claims to be doing better financially than he really is.

4. What does Sai tell the cook after accepting Gyan's apology?
(a) That she plans to try to change herself for Gyan.
(b) That she plans to try to change Gyan.
(c) That Gyan is not very intelligent.
(d) That she is in love with Gyan.

5. What does Gyan's house look like?
(a) Clean and simple.
(b) Dirty and poor.
(c) Dirty and formerly ornate.
(d) Clean and ornate.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the bakery closes, how does Biju's separation from Saeed affect him?

2. Who has been watching Sai and Gyan's interaction at Gyan's house?

3. What does Gyan begin to realize about love as he and Sai grow apart?

4. How does Gyan describe Sai and her father to his friends in Thapa's Canteen?

5. Why is Sai shocked by Gyan's house?

(see the answer key)

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