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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is it that Alsana tells her unborn child is most important?
(a) God.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Money.
(d) Survival.
2. What does Mr. Hamilton accuse Millat of lying about?
(a) His father's army experience.
(b) Where he lives.
(c) His mother's native country.
(d) How often he brushes his teeth.
3. What was the original purpose of the building Archie and Samad slept in?
(a) Hospital.
(b) School.
(c) Church.
(d) Private home.
4. What do the children take with them when they leave Mr. Hamilton's?
(a) Their apples.
(b) His tea biscuits.
(c) An army medal.
(d) A puppy.
5. What was Archie's job on the tank?
(a) Gunner.
(b) Assistant driver.
(c) Driver.
(d) Radio operator.
6. Where did Samad and Archie meet?
(a) At a local pub.
(b) In the army.
(c) In college.
(d) As children.
7. Who leads Samad to the book by A.S. Misra?
(a) His nephew.
(b) Archie.
(c) Alsana.
(d) Magid.
8. How did Clara actually meet Ryan?
(a) They were assigned to do a school project together.
(b) She rang his doorbell during her witnessing rounds.
(c) They were waiting together for a bus.
(d) He introduced himself to her in the school lunchroom.
9. What is the Bowden family's religion?
(a) Jehovah's Witness.
(b) Mormon.
(c) Roman Catholic.
(d) Muslim.
10. Over what does Samad find Alsana weeping at 3:00 a.m.?
(a) His plan to send their child away.
(b) The assassination of Indira Gandhi.
(c) The death of her mother.
(d) Samad's affair.
11. What was Samad's job on the tank?
(a) Assistant driver.
(b) Radio operator.
(c) Driver.
(d) Gunner.
12. What do the children say when they rub their palms against one another's foreheads?
(a) "Silly."
(b) "Stupid."
(c) "Smarty-pants."
(d) "Shame."
13. What is Archie's theory about Mangal Pande?
(a) That his gun was faulty.
(b) That he was having an affair with Captain Hearsay's wife.
(c) That he had been drugged.
(d) That he was pretending to be drunk.
14. What is Alsana wearing on her head that Samad makes fun of?
(a) One of her son's baseball caps.
(b) One of Clara's Jamaican scarves.
(c) Sunglasses.
(d) Curlers.
15. What color was Clara's wedding dress?
(a) Dark brown.
(b) Black.
(c) Ivory.
(d) White.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Samad insist on retrieving from the house before they head to the Jones'?
2. On what day were Clara and Archie married?
3. With whom has Archie carried on a long correspondence through the mail?
4. What word does Neena use that shocks Alsana?
5. What does Poppy give to Samad while they are sitting on the bench?
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