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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. 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 stay in touch with Saeed.
(c) He is determined to make new friends.
(d) He is determined to return to India.

2. What happened between the judge and his wife after these initial problems?
(a) They both became more understanding and their relationship improved.
(b) He became more understanding and their relationship improved.
(c) Their relationship worsened.
(d) She became more understanding and their relationship improved.

3. Where in New York is Brigitte's restaurant located?
(a) The Lower East Side.
(b) Midtown Manhattan.
(c) The Financial District.
(d) The Upper West Side.

4. According to Sai, why can't Gyan find a decent job?
(a) Because he's not intelligent enough.
(b) Because he isn't Westernized.
(c) Because he lacks experience.
(d) Because he can't afford decent clothes for interviews.

5. What is taken from the judge's house in chapter 1?
(a) Guns.
(b) Maps.
(c) Knives.
(d) His dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lola's daughter Pixie's job?

2. What effect did the judge's friend Bose have on him when he was living in England?

3. What request does the cook repeatedly make of Bijou?

4. How does Sai and Gyan's relationship change as they spend more time together?

5. Where did Sai's parents die?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What effect does Gyan have on Sai when they first meet in chapter 13?

3. As described in chapter 12, what is the difference between the effects of Catholic school on Sai and Noni?

4. In chapter 4, why do Sai and the cook justify the manner in which the police treated the cook?

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

6. In chapter 26, why does Gyan begin regretting the time he spent with Sai as he becomes part of the liberation?

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

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

9. How are the romance and the civil unrest in chapter 20 presented in a similar way?

10. In chapter 29, how does Gyan begin to view Sai?

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