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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why don't Lola and Noni trust their watchman?
(a) He is Nepali.
(b) He is Pakistani.
(c) He has stolen from them.
(d) He is a former prison inmate.

2. What is Sai's reaction upon watching the police strip the cook of his pride?
(a) Embarrassment.
(b) Scorn.
(c) Rage.
(d) Indifference.

3. What did the judge do to his wife when he first returned from England?
(a) Beat her.
(b) Slapped her.
(c) Raped her.
(d) Yelled at her.

4. Why does Biju take a job at the Ghandi Cafe?
(a) The workers are from diverse countries.
(b) The pay is better.
(c) It is an all-Hindu establishment.
(d) The workers are treated well.

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

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

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

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

9. What does Lola believe about the Nepalese?
(a) They should have their own homeland.
(b) They should be expelled from India.
(c) They have no rights because they emigrated illegally.
(d) They should be reduced to servitude.

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

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

12. What is one of the main privileges the judge loses when he first returns from England?
(a) His servants.
(b) His privacy.
(c) His wealth.
(d) His influence.

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

14. In what types of places does Biju work?
(a) Factories.
(b) Basement kitchens.
(c) Diners.
(d) Fast-food establishments.

15. Why does the judge hate the rainy season?
(a) It erodes his house, making him feel older.
(b) It reminds him of the weather in England, where he went to college.
(c) It makes his arthritis flair up.
(d) It erodes his house, forcing him to pay for expensive repairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sai's first tutor?

2. What type of school did Sai attend?

3. What advice does Noni give Sai while she is tutoring her?

4. Where does a co-worker take Biju when his character is first introduced?

5. What was the job of the judge's father?

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