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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Sai serve to the judge at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Tea.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Lunch.
(d) Dinner.
2. What group of men does Gyan join after the New Year?
(a) The Gorkha Liberation Army.
(b) The British Army.
(c) The Indian Army.
(d) The Nepalese Liberation Army.
3. How does Gyan describe Sai and her father to his friends in Thapa's Canteen?
(a) He can tell they are jealous of him.
(b) He pities them.
(c) He respects them.
(d) He admires them.
4. Who approaches the judge's house at the beginning of the novel?
(a) A young Nepalese men.
(b) Sai's tutor.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) A homeless beggar.
5. When the judge returned from England for the first time, how did his family react to him?
(a) They were happy and welcoming.
(b) They were jealous and resentful.
(c) They were nosy and judgmental.
(d) They were doubting and suspicious.
6. What is Lola's daughter Pixie's job?
(a) BBC news reporter.
(b) Cook.
(c) Waitress.
(d) Teacher.
7. Where does Sai spend Christmas?
(a) Gyan's house.
(b) At home with the judge and the cook.
(c) Father Booty's house.
(d) Noni and Lola's house.
8. What effect does her first meeting with Gyan have on Sai?
(a) She finds him unattractive.
(b) It inspires her to work harder at her studies.
(c) She dislikes him.
(d) It makes her see herself as a woman.
9. What is taken from the judge's house in chapter 1?
(a) Guns.
(b) Maps.
(c) His dog.
(d) Knives.
10. What does Gyan accuse Sai of?
(a) Spending too much money on Christmas presents.
(b) Celebrating Hindu holidays.
(c) Not being true to her ethnic heritage.
(d) Not celebrating Christmas in the traditional manner.
11. Why does Biju quit his job at Brigitte's?
(a) He is berated by his co-workers.
(b) He is underpaid.
(c) He is forced to cook pork against his will.
(d) Indians consider the cow to be holy and don't eat it.
12. What is Sai's reaction upon watching the police strip the cook of his pride?
(a) Embarrassment.
(b) Scorn.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Rage.
13. What is the GNLF?
(a) The radical youth wing fighting to rule over India.
(b) The radical youth wing fighting for their own homeland.
(c) The radical youth wing fighting to have the Indians removed from Bengal.
(d) The radical youth wing fighting for the right to emigrate to America.
14. 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 be doing better financially than he really is.
(c) He claims to have integrated into American society.
(d) He claims to have a green card.
15. What percent of the Indian population are Gorkhas?
(a) Eighty percent.
(b) Ninety percent.
(c) Fifty percent.
(d) Twenty percent.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Gyan react when Sai tells him about the Christmas party?
2. What effect does the rainy season have on the cook?
3. What does the cook sell to supplement his income?
4. Why does Biju take a job at the Ghandi Cafe?
5. Who is Sai's first tutor?
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