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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Vijay's father's profession?
(a) He was a train conductor.
(b) He was a tea shop owner.
(c) He was a pigherd.
(d) He was a rickshaw driver.

2. What does Balram place on Mr. Ashock's body after killing him?
(a) A blanket.
(b) The stickers of the goddess.
(c) A handful of rupee coins.
(d) A glass beetle.

3. What does the word "emancipation" mean in "The Fifth Night"?
(a) Undulation.
(b) Articulation.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Liberation.

4. Where does Balram take Dharam on Sunday in “The Sixth Night”?
(a) To Connaught Place.
(b) To the National Zoo.
(c) To the Lotus Temple.
(d) To the India Gate.

5. Where does Balram believe that the prostitute is from that Mr. Ashok picks up at the hotel in “The Sixth Morning”?
(a) England.
(b) Japan.
(c) Nepal.
(d) China.

6. What animal gets into Balram's bed and terrifies him in “The Sixth Night”?
(a) A cat.
(b) A gecko.
(c) A rat.
(d) A roach.

7. Who is the schoolteacher that has written the letter that is delivered to Balram in "The Fifth Night"?
(a) Vijay.
(b) Ram Persad.
(c) Mr. Krishna.
(d) Dharam.

8. Why do the drivers laugh at Balram in the end of "The Fifth Night"?
(a) Because he is talking to himself.
(b) Because he fell down.
(c) Because he wrecked the car.
(d) Because he is meditating.

9. How much time is Balram granted with the prostitute at the hotel in “The Sixth Night”?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 10 minutes.
(c) 20 minutes.
(d) 1 hour.

10. How much money has the health minister allocated to malaria eradication, according to Balram's letter in "The Seventh Night"?
(a) 120 million rupees.
(b) 200 million rupees.
(c) 45 million rupees.
(d) 500 million rupees.

11. Who is Dharam's mother?
(a) Leela.
(b) Kusum.
(c) Luttu Auntie.
(d) Anastasia.

12. How long after Pinky Madam's departure has it been when Mukesh Sir asks Mr. Ashok if they should find another girl in “The Sixth Night”?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 2 weeks.

13. What is the fourth way listed in Belram's sidebar for an enterprising driver to make extra money in “The Sixth Night”?
(a) Turning his master's car into a taxi.
(b) Siphoning petrol to sell it.
(c) Going to a corrupt mechanic.
(d) Killing one's master.

14. How much money does Mr. Ashok withdraw from the banks to hand over to the politicians in “The Sixth Night”?
(a) 200,000 rupees.
(b) 2 million rupees.
(c) 500,000 rupees.
(d) 700,000 rupees.

15. What does Balram hit Mr. Ashok over the head with in “The Sixth Night”?
(a) A Johnny Walker Black bottle.
(b) A shovel.
(c) A Jameson whiskey bottle.
(d) A tire iron.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the letter from that Dharam delivers to Balram in “The Sixth Night”?

2. What actress is the Russian prostitute said to look like in “The Sixth Morning”?

3. Where has the diseased driver's master gone to get an expensive toupee in “The Sixth Night”?

4. Why does Balram leave the train station in the end of “The Sixth Night”?

5. How long does it take Balram to reach the railway station after killing Mr. Ashok?

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