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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where in New York is Brigitte's restaurant located?
(a) The Financial District.
(b) Midtown Manhattan.
(c) The Upper West Side.
(d) The Lower East Side.

4. What is the GNLF?
(a) The radical youth wing fighting for their own homeland.
(b) The radical youth wing fighting to rule over India.
(c) The radical youth wing fighting for the right to emigrate to America.
(d) The radical youth wing fighting to have the Indians removed from Bengal.

5. When the bakery closes, how does Biju's separation from Saeed affect him?
(a) He is determined to stay in touch with Saeed.
(b) He is determined to make new friends.
(c) He is determined not to let anyone get close to him again.
(d) He is determined to return to India.

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

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

8. How does Sai and Gyan's relationship change as they spend more time together?
(a) They start to fall in love.
(b) They spend more time talking about Sai's education.
(c) They are uncomfortable because they are from different classes.
(d) They resent one another.

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

10. How were Sai's parents killed?
(a) In a riot.
(b) In a car accident.
(c) In a plane crash.
(d) As a form of capital punishment.

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

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

13. What does Gyan begin to realize about love as he and Sai grow apart?
(a) That they are too young to be in love.
(b) That he should enjoy her love while he has it.
(c) That it can be used for all kinds of purposes.
(d) That she is his one true love.

14. What is Gyan's response when the judge asks him what poets he admires?
(a) He says he likes Goethe.
(b) He can't think of any because he is a science person.
(c) He says he likes Frost.
(d) He can't think of any because he has been put on the spot.

15. How did people respond to his English manners when the judge first returned from England?
(a) They asked him to teach them to be like him.
(b) They expressed disappointment in his choices.
(c) They laughed at him.
(d) They were impressed and showed respect.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gyan accuse Sai of?

2. Why does Biju take a job at the Ghandi Cafe?

3. Who does Sai wait for at the beginning of the novel?

4. Who is Sai's first tutor?

5. Who approaches the judge's house at the beginning of the novel?

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