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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does the cook sell to supplement his income?
(a) Homemade jam.
(b) Homemade soup.
(c) Homemade curry.
(d) Homemade brew.
2. Who approaches the judge's house at the beginning of the novel?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) Sai's tutor.
(c) A young Nepalese men.
(d) A homeless beggar.
3. Where did Sai's parents die?
(a) In Pakistan.
(b) In India.
(c) In Russia.
(d) In America.
4. How does Gyan react when Sai tells him about the Christmas party?
(a) He is jealous.
(b) He is happy for her.
(c) He ignores her.
(d) He is disappointed that she hadn't invited him.
5. What request does the cook repeatedly make of Bijou?
(a) That he bring the cook to America.
(b) That he return to India.
(c) That he send the cook more money.
(d) That he help others from his village who come to America.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is Sai's first tutor?
2. Why is Gyan conflicted about his relationship with Sai?
3. In what types of places does Biju work?
4. When the bakery closes, how does Biju's separation from Saeed affect him?
5. What does Biju realize about Harry-Harish's two names?
Short Essay Questions
1. In chapter 29, how does Gyan begin to view Sai?
2. What effect does Saeed Saeed have on Biju in chapter 14?
3. What miscommunication exists between Biju and the cook in chapter 15?
4. In chapter 24, how does Harish-Harry's comments about his workers contrast with the way he treats them?
5. In chapter 21, how do Noni and Lola's views of the Nepalese liberation movement differ?
6. In chapter 5, what is the symbolism of the two-level restaurants with basement kitchens where Biju works?
7. How is the judge's house like the judge himself?
8. Why is the judge so critical of Gyan in chapter 18?
9. In chapter 10, why do you think Biju is the only immigrant he knows who seriously considers returning home one day?
10. In chapter 9, in what way is Lola portrayed as a hypocrite?
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