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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 does Biju react to the men who tell Indian girls they are as attractive as American blondes?
(a) The men honestly find the American girls unattractive.
(b) The men wish they had blonde American girlfriends.
(c) The men feel sorry for the Indian girls.
(d) The men are secretly having affairs with American women.

2. Soon after his phone call, whom does Biju go to see?
(a) A ship's captain.
(b) A travel agent.
(c) A hotel manager.
(d) A restaurant manager.

3. What has Gyan told his friends in the liberation movement about Sai that makes him feel guilty?
(a) That she will be willing to sleep with them.
(b) That they should be punished for behaving like Westerners.
(c) That they are unable to defend themselves.
(d) That her family has guns.

4. Who does Biju telephone after talking to Mr. Iype?
(a) Harish-Harry.
(b) Saeed.
(c) The judge.
(d) His father.

5. How do the men in Thapa's Canteen respond to the cook's news that the judge's dog is missing?
(a) They feel sorry for him.
(b) They volunteer to help him search.
(c) They laugh at him.
(d) They tell him to go to the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. Soon after his phone call, what does Biju begin to think about his life?

2. What is Biju wearing as he approaches his father's house?

3. What advice does Mr. Kakkar give Biju when Biju goes to see him?

4. What was the big court case that Bose had lost?

5. What does Harish-Harry show his employees photographs of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Which of the characters has not lost everything by the end of the novel?

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

5. How are the cook's feelings about Biju in chapter 43 similar to the feelings Biju expresses about his home in chapter 41?

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

7. In chapter 41, how does Biju's reaction to the travel agent's advice reflect Biju's idea of what constitutes a "better life"?

8. What does the judge's reaction to Mutt's disappearance in chapter 46 reveal about his character?

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

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

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