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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of school did Sai attend?
(a) A public school.
(b) A progressive school.
(c) A Protestant school.
(d) A Catholic school.

2. What do Noni and Lola give as Christmas gifts?
(a) Authentic Tibetan socks.
(b) Authentic English cardigans.
(c) Authentic Tibetan mittens.
(d) Authentic English pullovers.

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

4. 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.

5. Where does Biju live?
(a) In India.
(b) In England.
(c) In Nepal.
(d) In America.

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

7. What did his wife do when the judge first returned from England?
(a) She questioned him suspiciously.
(b) She refused to let him in the house.
(c) She went through his things.
(d) She welcomed him happily.

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

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

10. What was the job of the judge's father?
(a) A defense attorney.
(b) An expert witness in court cases.
(c) A litigator.
(d) Finding false witnesses to appear in court.

11. What does Gyan mean when he calls Sai a copycat?
(a) That she tries to be just like Lola and Noni.
(b) That she is a plagiarist.
(c) That she is trying to be just like Gyan.
(d) That she is imitating Western culture.

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

13. How do Lola and Noni feel about Sai's relationship with the cook?
(a) They disapprove because they dislike him.
(b) They approve because he is a replacement child for her.
(c) They approve because he is a father figure to her.
(d) They disapprove because he is beneath her.

14. What does Gyan accuse Sai of?
(a) Not being true to her ethnic heritage.
(b) Not celebrating Christmas in the traditional manner.
(c) Celebrating Hindu holidays.
(d) Spending too much money on Christmas presents.

15. Who is Harish-Harry?
(a) Biju's boss at Brigitte's.
(b) Biju's co-worker at the Ghandi Cafe.
(c) Biju's boss at the Ghandi Cafe.
(d) Biju's co-worker at Brigitte's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened between the judge and his wife after these initial problems?

2. According to Gyan, why can't he find a decent job?

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

4. What effect does her first meeting with Gyan have on Sai?

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

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