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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Biju doing as his father struggles to survive in the village that's been shut down?
(a) Trying to find a job with better pay.
(b) Planning his wedding.
(c) Flying back home to be with his father.
(d) Trying to reach his father on the phone.

2. What does Biju have to do to obtain a visa?
(a) Answer all questions honestly.
(b) Promise to remain in America.
(c) Produce false documents.
(d) Prove he has a job waiting in America.

3. What does Gyan tell the cook outside of Thapa's Canteen?
(a) That he doesn't miss Sai.
(b) That he misses Sai.
(c) That it's pointless to search for the missing dog.
(d) That he will find the judge's dog.

4. What do the GNLF boys do to Biju?
(a) Give him money.
(b) Rob him.
(c) Insist on more money to take him to the cook's house.
(d) Help him carry his belongings through the woods.

5. Soon after his phone call, what does Biju begin to think about his life?
(a) That it would have been better in India.
(b) That it's been better in America.
(c) That he's on the path to success.
(d) That it hasn't amounted to much.

6. Who is the figure who approaches the house at the end of the novel?
(a) Uncle Potty.
(b) Someone who found the missing dog.
(c) Biju.
(d) Gyan.

7. How does the man respond when Lola complains about the crimes being committed against her?
(a) He suggests that she marry.
(b) He offers to find her a new night watchman.
(c) He offers to marry her.
(d) He agrees to stop the men from committing the crimes.

8. What does Mr. Iype, the newsagent, tell Biju?
(a) The situation in Darjeeling is improving.
(b) The Darjeeling hillside has been shut down by political unrest.
(c) Mr. Iype knows where he can find Saeed.
(d) The cook has been trying to reach him by phone.

9. What happens to Father Booty six months after the library visit?
(a) He is executed.
(b) He is deported.
(c) He is detained for questioning.
(d) He is imprisoned.

10. What types of Indians does Biju encounter at the Calcutta airport?
(a) Mainly businessmen.
(b) Mainly those who worked with computers.
(c) A wide variety.
(d) Mainly menial laborers.

11. In the judge' s memories of the last time he saw his friend Bose at a restaurant, what had they talked about?
(a) Their time together in Africa.
(b) Their time together in America.
(c) Their time together in Australia.
(d) Their time together in England.

12. As the situation in Kalimpong worsens, what happens to Lola and Noni's property?
(a) GNLF boys build camps on it.
(b) The government seizes it.
(c) An arsonist burns it down.
(d) GNLF boys tear it down.

13. What does Sai learn from the library book she skims?
(a) That the way she was raised makes her equal to the British.
(b) That all people are equal.
(c) That her people have never been equal to the British.
(d) That she is more British than Indian.

14. What does Sai decide to do as her cold is waning?
(a) Find someone else to love.
(b) Write to Gyan.
(c) Forget Gyan.
(d) Go in search of Gyan.

15. What is the first thing the judge prays for after years of being an atheist?
(a) That his health will improve.
(b) That the violence will cease.
(c) That Sai will grow up in a better world.
(d) That his dog will be returned to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lola go to complain about the crimes being committed against her?

2. What happens when Biju arrives in Kathmandu?

3. Why are there roadblocks, strikes, and processions in the spring?

4. What do the wife and father of the tortured man steal from the judge?

5. What book does Sai read while hoping Gyan will come back?

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