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

2. What do the police do to an innocent drunk man six months after the library visit?
(a) Hang him.
(b) Gun him down.
(c) Beat him.
(d) Practice their torture techniques on him.

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

4. What does Gyan tell the cook outside of Thapa's Canteen?
(a) That he doesn't miss Sai.
(b) That he will find the judge's dog.
(c) That he misses Sai.
(d) That it's pointless to search for the missing dog.

5. How does being home after such a long time away manifest in Biju physically?
(a) He feels as if his head has cleared.
(b) He feels as if he is able to breathe again.
(c) He feels as if his ears have been plugged and now he can hear clearly.
(d) He feels as if his vision's been blurred and now he can see clearly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Biju arrives in Kathmandu?

2. What type of boy does Noni hope Sai is in love with?

3. Who does Lola blame for her being victimized?

4. Why does Biju shop for New York souvenirs after leaving Mr. Kakkar?

5. What does Sai learn from the library book she skims?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter 31, what does Sai's assertion that it is unwise to read old books tell the reader about her?

2. What do Biju's childhood memories reveal about his character?

3. What is the biggest loss that nearly all the characters inherited when the English left India?

4. Is the judge justified for blaming the cook for Mutt's disappearance in chapter 51?

5. Does Biju make the right decision in returning to India?

6. In chapter 40, how does the judge's refusal to help the drunkard's family highlight his thinking only of himself?

7. How is the cook's reaction to the worst of the civil unrest in chapter 44 unique?

8. In chapter 42, how do Gyan's grandmother and Sai exert similar forces on Gyan?

9. In chapter 30, what does Harish-Harry tell Biju that illustrates how naive he is about the situation of the illegal immigrants who work for him?

10. Would the judge's character be different if his father had not sent him away to school?

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