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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 much money did Balram pay for a deposit at his hotel room by the train station in Bangalore after arriving in "The Seventh Night"?
(a) 100 rupees.
(b) 1,000 rupees.
(c) 200 rupees.
(d) 500 rupees.

2. How much money is in the envelope that Pinky Madam gives to Balram at the airport?
(a) 10,000 rupees.
(b) 50,000 rupees.
(c) 470 rupees.
(d) 4,700 rupees.

3. How long has it been since Balram sent home money, according to the letter he receives in “The Sixth Night”?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 6 months and 2 weeks.
(c) 3 months and 4 days.
(d) 11 months and 2 days.

4. Why does Balram say he "will never envy the rich of America or England" in "The Fifth Night"?
(a) Because their women are not attractive.
(b) Because they have no servants there.
(c) Because there is no natural beauty in those countries.
(d) Because their taxes are too high.

5. 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) 2 weeks.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 6 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Balram believe that the prostitute is from that Mr. Ashok picks up at the hotel in “The Sixth Morning”?

2. What does Balram do with Mr. Ashok's body after killing him?

3. Where is the hotel that the diseased driver takes Balram to for the prostitute in “The Sixth Night”?

4. How does Dharam explain the bruises on his face when he meets Mr. Ashok in “The Sixth Night”?

5. What do poor people in the south in India drink, according to Balram in "The Seventh Night"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the murder of Mr. Ashok represent thematically in The White Tiger?

2. What does Balram remark about the potential for civil war in India in the conclusion of "The Sixth Morning"?

3. What decision has Balram made at the train station in the end of "The Sixth Night"?

4. Why is the hit-and-run that Balram describes in "The Seventh Night" significant?

5. What does Balram remark about Dharam in "The Seventh Night"? What does this indicate?

6. What is noteworthy about Balram's reference to an accident in the opening of "The Sixth Morning"?

7. What causes the conflict to erupt when Balram is with the prostitute in "The Sixth Night"?

8. What is significant about the author's imagery of the Rooster Coop in the novel?

9. What is significant about the imagery of Gandhi in "The Seventh Night"?

10. How are the themes of servitude and entrepreneurship illustrated in "The Seventh Night"?

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