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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sai tell Gyan is the purpose of her visit to his home?
(a) To discuss Father Booty's deportation.
(b) To resume math tutoring.
(c) To reconcile with Gyan.
(d) To join the rebellion.

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 says he likes Goethe.
(c) He can't think of any because he has been put on the spot.
(d) He says he likes Frost.

3. What does Gyan realize as soon as he leaves Sai after apologizing?
(a) Their romance is interfering with his new adult responsibilities.
(b) He needs to try to see things her way.
(c) He needs to try to change her mind.
(d) Their romance is worth preserving at any cost.

4. What request does the cook repeatedly make of Bijou?
(a) That he send the cook more money.
(b) That he help others from his village who come to America.
(c) That he bring the cook to America.
(d) That he return to India.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect did the judge's friend Bose have on him when he was living in England?

2. What does Sai tell the cook after accepting Gyan's apology?

3. Why does the judge hate the rainy season?

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

5. What does Gyan's house look like?

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