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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. Six months after Sai's trip to the library, what does the Gorkha National Liberation do?
(a) Restrict access to the library.
(b) Burn down the library.
(c) Close the library.
(d) Remove certain books from the library.

2. What does Harish-Harry show his employees photographs of?
(a) His grandchildren.
(b) His recent trip to Jamaica.
(c) His future son-in-law.
(d) His new satellite dish.

3. Soon after his phone call, what does Biju begin to think about his life?
(a) That it's been better in America.
(b) That it would have been better in India.
(c) That it hasn't amounted to much.
(d) That he's on the path to success.

4. What do the wife and father of the tortured man steal from the judge?
(a) Guns.
(b) Vegetables from the garden.
(c) Canned food.
(d) His dog.

5. Who has been watching Sai and Gyan's interaction at Gyan's house?
(a) Gyan's neighbor.
(b) Gyan's brother.
(c) Gyan's sister.
(d) Gyan's cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Biju slips and injures himself in the Gandhi Cafe kitchen?

2. What did the judge do to his wife after asking her if she was stupid?

3. What is the important protest to which a man from every household was required to attend?

4. Who is the figure who approaches the house at the end of the novel?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the women's discussion about religion in the library reflect the events that surround them?

2. Are the characters searching for Mutt in chapter 49 all actually searching for someone else? If so, for whom are they searching?

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

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

5. In chapter 39, why does Sai remain silent about her feelings for Gyan when Uncle Potty, Lola, and Noni ask questions or offer advice?

6. Why does the author leave out Biju's reactions to the airport scene around him in chapter 48?

7. In chapter 30, why does the cook suddenly begin having superstitious fears for Biju's life?

8. What is the significance of Sai catching a cold in chapter 39 while she is obsessed with thoughts and feelings regarding Gyan?

9. In chapter 37, does Noni make the right decision by allowing the GNLF boys to stay in their home? Or should she have listened to Lola and tried to make them leave?

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

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