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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is driving the car when the child is run over in “The Fourth Night”?
(a) Balram.
(b) Premier Jiabao.
(c) Pinky Madam.
(d) Mr. Ashok.

2. Who wrote the poem about God and the Devil that Balram describes in "The Second Night"?
(a) Ram Persad.
(b) Iqbal.
(c) Tang Shaoyi.
(d) Rumi.

3. What is the name of Balram's father?
(a) Vikram Halwai.
(b) Mukesh Halwai.
(c) Wen Halwai.
(d) Dharam Halwai.

4. In the conclusion of his letter in “The Fourth Night,” Balram writes, "Yes, that's right: we all live in the world's greatest" what?
(a) "Theocracy."
(b) "Culture."
(c) "Dictatorship."
(d) "Democracy."

5. What is the first way listed for "the enterprising driver" to earn a little extra cash in Belram's sidebar in “The Sixth Night”?
(a) Turning his master's car into a taxi.
(b) Killing one's master.
(c) Going to a corrupt mechanic.
(d) Siphoning petrol to sell it.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date does the statement say that the person was hit with the car in “The Fourth Night”?

2. Who has witnessed Balram's statement that he is ordered to sign in “The Fourth Night”?

3. Where do Ashok and Pinky Madam go to eat after their fight on her birthday in “The Fourth Night”?

4. What animals surround Balram as he climbs to the Black Fort in "The Second Night"?

5. What is the second way that an "enterprising driver" can earn a little extra cash in Belram's sidebar in “The Sixth Night”?

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