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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Noni sometimes jealous of Lola?
(a) Lola experienced love and marriage.
(b) Lola is more attractive than Noni.
(c) Lola is more intelligent than Noni.
(d) Lola inherited their parents' fortune.

2. What do the police examine at the cook's home?
(a) Letters from the cook's wife.
(b) Rifles.
(c) Knives.
(d) Letters from the cook's son.

3. What does Biju realize about Harry-Harish's two names?
(a) It is his way of standing out.
(b) It is an attempt to make himself sound loftier than his employees.
(c) It is an attempt to live in two worlds and please two sets of gods.
(d) It is the result of his having one Indian parent and one American parent.

4. Why does Biju quit his job at Brigitte's?
(a) He is underpaid.
(b) He is forced to cook pork against his will.
(c) Indians consider the cow to be holy and don't eat it.
(d) He is berated by his co-workers.

5. Why is Gyan conflicted about his relationship with Sai?
(a) She is highly Westernized, like the British who used his family.
(b) They are from different classes.
(c) She is too young and naive for him.
(d) It is taking time away from his studies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Harry-Harish and his family live?

2. What does Gyan accuse Sai of?

3. After Gyan and Sai's first meeting, why does the cook think it strange that Gyan is Nepalese?

4. What does Lola believe about the Nepalese?

5. What does Noni believe about the Nepalese?

(see the answer key)

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