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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the cook sell to supplement his income?
2. What does Biju misrepresent about himself in his letters to the cook?
3. How did people respond to his English manners when the judge first returned from England?
4. When the judge returned from England for the first time, how did his family react to him?
5. How does Sai react when Gyan apologizes for what he said to her about Christmas?
Short Essay Questions
1. In chapter 9, in what way is Lola portrayed as a hypocrite?
2. In chapter 27, why does Sai have so much trouble relating to Gyan's ideas about a Gorkha homeland?
3. What does the first chapter reveal about the social structures that exist between the introductory characters?
4. What effect does Saeed Saeed have on Biju in chapter 14?
5. In chapter 4, why do Sai and the cook justify the manner in which the police treated the cook?
6. What effect does Gyan have on Sai when they first meet in chapter 13?
7. What miscommunication exists between Biju and the cook in chapter 15?
8. How are the romance and the civil unrest in chapter 20 presented in a similar way?
9. In chapter 5, what is the symbolism of the two-level restaurants with basement kitchens where Biju works?
10. How does Sai's having attended a Catholic school impact her identity in terms of the people around her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are the two types of foods the Indian patrons at the Ghandi Cafe consume? How does the balance of the two symbolize the dual identity they wish to display in front of the American patrons?
Essay Topic 2
How do the judge's behavior and actions upon returning from England to his family represent the English and Indian sides of himself? Has he adopted the best English customs and the worst Indian ones, or vice-versa?
Essay Topic 3
How does Lola's attempts to exterminate the insects in her home parallel the INS's efforts to weed out all the illegal immigrants in America? How effective are each of their efforts, and what is the end result in each case?
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