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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who approaches the judge's house at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Sai's tutor.
(b) A young Nepalese men.
(c) A homeless beggar.
(d) A neighbor.

2. 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 the result of his having one Indian parent and one American parent.
(c) It is an attempt to live in two worlds and please two sets of gods.
(d) It is his way of standing out.

3. 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.

4. Why is Biju fired from his delivery job?
(a) He is rude to the customers.
(b) His delivery bike is stolen.
(c) The food arrives cold.
(d) He hurts his leg and can no longer ride his delivery bike.

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

6. What does Lola 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 have no rights because they emigrated illegally.

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

8. What is Lola's daughter Pixie's job?
(a) Cook.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Waitress.
(d) BBC news reporter.

9. What does the cook sell to supplement his income?
(a) Homemade brew.
(b) Homemade jam.
(c) Homemade soup.
(d) Homemade curry.

10. At which of his jobs does the boss leave Biju and his co-workers in charge?
(a) A market.
(b) A cafe.
(c) A French restaurant.
(d) A bakery.

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

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

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

14. In his second year abroad, why does the wife of Biju's boss give him toiletries?
(a) It is part of his room and board arrangement.
(b) She thinks he smells.
(c) He can't afford to buy them himself.
(d) She can get them very cheaply.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After Gyan and Sai's first meeting, why does the cook think it strange that Gyan is Nepalese?

3. Besides being with Sai, how does Gyan want to occupy his time?

4. How does Gyan react when Sai tells him about the Christmas party?

5. How does Sai react when Gyan apologizes for what he said to her about Christmas?

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