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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. The first time Biju runs into Saeed after the closing of the bakery, what type of girl has Saeed married?
(a) A black American.
(b) A white American.
(c) An Indian.
(d) An African.

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

3. After he joins the Liberation Movement, why is Gyan angered by all the time he spent with Sai?
(a) He had to walk two hours to get to her house.
(b) She is too young to make a serious commitment.
(c) She is not a Gorkha.
(d) He feels as though he was acting like a child, not a man.

4. What is Gyan's response when the judge asks him what poets he admires?
(a) He can't think of any because he is a science person.
(b) He can't think of any because he has been put on the spot.
(c) He says he likes Goethe.
(d) He says he likes Frost.

5. What does Noni 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 are dangerous because there are so many of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Gyan conflicted about his relationship with Sai?

2. What does the cook sell to supplement his income?

3. What does Gyan accuse Sai of?

4. When the judge returned from England for the first time, how did his family react to him?

5. What types of memories are instilled in the judge by the theft of his trunk?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the judge's house like the judge himself?

2. How does Sai's having attended a Catholic school impact her identity in terms of the people around her?

3. In chapter 22, what does it tell us about Biju when he leaves his job at Brigitte's and begins working at the Ghandi Cafe?

4. In chapter 17, when Biju and Saeed part ways, why does Biju vow never to let anyone get close to him again?

5. In chapter 9, in what way is Lola portrayed as a hypocrite?

6. What miscommunication exists between Biju and the cook in chapter 15?

7. In chapter 3, why doesn't Bijou consider himself a man?

8. In chapter 24, how does Harish-Harry's comments about his workers contrast with the way he treats them?

9. In chapter 29, why does Gyan betray Sai?

10. In chapter 10, why do you think Biju is the only immigrant he knows who seriously considers returning home one day?

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