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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. How do Lola and Noni feel about Sai's relationship with the cook?
(a) They approve because he is a replacement child for her.
(b) They approve because he is a father figure to her.
(c) They disapprove because he is beneath her.
(d) They disapprove because they dislike him.

2. What does Gyan begin to realize about love as he and Sai grow apart?
(a) That it can be used for all kinds of purposes.
(b) That she is his one true love.
(c) That he should enjoy her love while he has it.
(d) That they are too young to be in love.

3. Into what caste was the judge's father born?
(a) The wealthy caste.
(b) The peasant caste.
(c) Servitude.
(d) The middle class.

4. What group of men does Gyan join after the New Year?
(a) The Gorkha Liberation Army.
(b) The British Army.
(c) The Indian Army.
(d) The Nepalese Liberation Army.

5. What does Noni believe about the Nepalese?
(a) They should have their own homeland.
(b) They should be expelled from India.
(c) They are dangerous because there are so many of them.
(d) They should be reduced to servitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gyan accuse Sai of?

2. Why don't Lola and Noni trust their watchman?

3. Why wasn't Gyan hired for the job in Calcutta?

4. What do Noni and Lola give as Christmas gifts?

5. What do Gyan and Sai learn is in common about their backgrounds?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In chapter 11, what do we learn about Indian servants' preferences for employers?

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

5. In chapter 27, in what ways do Sai and Gyan view Christmas differently?

6. Why is Jemu's reaction to his wife's going through his things in chapter 28 so severe that he rapes her?

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

8. In chapter 28, how does Jemu's family's reaction to him upon his return from England contrast with his expectations?

9. In chapter 27, why does Sai have so much trouble relating to Gyan's ideas about a Gorkha homeland?

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

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