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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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.

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

6. What effect did the judge's friend Bose have on him when he was living in England?
(a) He introduces him to important people.
(b) He makes him more of a pessimist.
(c) He helps the judge develop English mannerisms.
(d) He convinces the judge to hold onto his Indian ways.

7. How does Sai react when Gyan apologizes for what he said to her about Christmas?
(a) She accuses him of being jealous of her wealth.
(b) She accuses him of being angry because he wasn't invited.
(c) She forgives him.
(d) She refuses to forgive him.

8. During their tutoring sessions, what does Sai tell Noni she wants to do?
(a) Travel.
(b) Earn a good living.
(c) Move to America.
(d) Marry well.

9. What advice does Noni give Sai while she is tutoring her?
(a) To do something out of the ordinary.
(b) To concentrate on her studies.
(c) To follow the path the judge has laid out for her.
(d) To aspire to become an astronaut, as her father did.

10. Besides being with Sai, how does Gyan want to occupy his time?
(a) He wants to assist his parents with household chores.
(b) He wants to continue his studies.
(c) He wants to obtain a visa.
(d) He wants to fight for the liberation of his people.

11. What group of men does Gyan join after the New Year?
(a) The Gorkha Liberation Army.
(b) The Indian Army.
(c) The British Army.
(d) The Nepalese Liberation Army.

12. 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 to have the Indians removed from Bengal.
(d) The radical youth wing fighting for the right to emigrate to America.

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

14. 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 father figure to her.
(c) They approve because he is a replacement child for her.
(d) They disapprove because he is beneath her.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is taken from the judge's house in chapter 1?

3. Into what caste was the judge's father born?

4. What does Gyan realize as soon as he leaves Sai after apologizing?

5. According to Sai, why can't Gyan find a decent job?

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