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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the important protest to which a man from every household was required to attend?
(a) The burning of the Indian constitution.
(b) The burning of the Indian flag.
(c) The burning of the Indo-Nepal treaty.
(d) The re-writing of the Indo-Nepal treaty.

2. How does Biju feel about his relationship with his father after his phone call?
(a) That it is as if they still live in the same house.
(b) That they are no longer part of each other's lives.
(c) That he no longer respects his father.
(d) That his father would dislike the person he has become.

3. How does Biju feel about being invisible in Calcutta?
(a) It makes him regret coming home.
(b) It angers him.
(c) He prefers it to being so highly visible in America.
(d) He prefers it to being invisible in America.

4. What does Sai imagine happened to the judge's dog?
(a) She was killed and eaten by a wild animal.
(b) She was sold to a family who didn't appreciate her.
(c) She was killed and eaten by robbers.
(d) She was sold to a loving family.

5. What did the judge learn about his wife six months after sending her away?
(a) She was dying.
(b) She was seeing another man.
(c) She was pregnant.
(d) She had consulted with a divorce lawyer.

6. What do the wife and father of the tortured man steal from the judge?
(a) Guns.
(b) Canned food.
(c) His dog.
(d) Vegetables from the garden.

7. Why is Sai shocked by Gyan's house?
(a) It is not as he described it to her.
(b) It doesn't match the person he is.
(c) It is nicer than she expected.
(d) It is larger than she expected.

8. How does Biju get from the bus station to his father's village?
(a) He hitches a ride with a farmer.
(b) He takes the train.
(c) He walks.
(d) He pays some GNLF boys to give him a ride.

9. What problem had the judge and Bose had at the restaurant?
(a) There was nothing to their liking on the menu.
(b) It was late, and the restaurant claimed they had stopped serving.
(c) The food the restaurant served was considered unholy to Indians.
(d) The restaurant catered only to whites.

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

11. Why do Sai and her neighbors travel to Darjeeling in March?
(a) To see a show.
(b) To stock up on food.
(c) To visit friends.
(d) To exchange their library books.

12. What burden has been lifted for Biju now that he's returned home?
(a) He's no longer forced to speak English.
(b) He's no longer a foreigner and an immigrant.
(c) He's no longer trying to be a Westerner.
(d) He's no longer in a position of servitude.

13. Who has been watching Sai and Gyan's interaction at Gyan's house?
(a) Gyan's sister.
(b) Gyan's neighbor.
(c) Gyan's cousin.
(d) Gyan's brother.

14. What did the judge remember as he was heading home from the restaurant?
(a) Being taunted by little boys on a bus.
(b) Taunting little boys at a bus stop.
(c) Being taunted by little boys at a bus stop.
(d) Taunting little boys on a bus.

15. How does Gyan feel after his grandmother becomes involved in his decision to be part of the liberation effort?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Enraged.
(c) Ashamed.
(d) Relieved.

Short Answer Questions

1. Soon after Biju's phone call, what does Biju start to tell people when he doesn't want to talk to them?

2. How did the cook's wife die?

3. Who does Sai see marching with the Gorkhas?

4. What types of Indians does Biju encounter at the Calcutta airport?

5. What does Mr. Iype, the newsagent, tell Biju?

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