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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percent of the Indian population are Gorkhas?
(a) Fifty percent.
(b) Ninety percent.
(c) Twenty percent.
(d) Eighty percent.

2. What does Noni believe about the Nepalese?
(a) They are dangerous because there are so many of them.
(b) They should be expelled from India.
(c) They should be reduced to servitude.
(d) They should have their own homeland.

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

4. What did Sai's father aspire to become prior to his death?
(a) A banker.
(b) A surgeon.
(c) An astronaut.
(d) A neuroscientist.

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

6. With whom does Biju get into a fight at work?
(a) His American boss.
(b) An American co-worker.
(c) An Indian co-worker.
(d) A Pakistani co-worker.

7. Why was the judge able to marry a woman from a higher caste?
(a) The judge was a member of the ICS.
(b) His wife was not desirable to men from her own caste.
(c) The judge paid off her father.
(d) The judge hid his true identity.

8. What type of person is Saeed Saeed?
(a) Shy.
(b) Wealthy.
(c) Charismatic.
(d) Scholarly.

9. Why wasn't Gyan hired for the job in Calcutta?
(a) He couldn't afford decent clothes for the interview.
(b) He is a Gorkha.
(c) The interviewer didn't like his accent.
(d) He was unqualified.

10. What is Biju's job when his character is first introduced?
(a) Selling hot dogs.
(b) Working at an Indian cafe.
(c) Selling pizza.
(d) Selling ice cream.

11. How do Biju and Saeed Saeed feel about each other when they first meet?
(a) They like each other because of their common backgrounds.
(b) They like each other in spite of their different backgrounds.
(c) They dislike each other because of their different backgrounds.
(d) They dislike each other in spite of their common backgrounds.

12. What do Gyan and Sai learn is in common about their backgrounds?
(a) Both are descended from judges.
(b) Gyan has Russian ancestors.
(c) Both had family members who worked for the British Army.
(d) Both attended Catholic schools.

13. The first time Biju runs into Saeed after the closing of the bakery, what type of girl has Saeed married?
(a) A white American.
(b) An African.
(c) An Indian.
(d) A black American.

14. Why isn't Biju permitted to apply for a green card?
(a) He has no permanent address.
(b) There are too many Indians who want one.
(c) He has not lived there long enough.
(d) He is unemployed.

15. What was the job of the judge's father-in-law?
(a) A soldier in the British military.
(b) An informant for the British military.
(c) A supplier of horses to the British military.
(d) A supplier of horse feed to the British military.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Biju fired from his delivery job?

3. In what types of places does Biju work?

4. What do Saeed's in-laws encourage him to do?

5. How does Sai respond to Gyan's accusations about her being a copycat?

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