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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the one place where Samad feels most comfortable in the weeks after meeting Poppy?
(a) Home.
(b) The local pub.
(c) The restaurant.
(d) Archie's home.

2. What is Samad's position?
(a) A bus driver.
(b) A taxi driver.
(c) A cook.
(d) A waiter.

3. What injury does Clara sustain in the bike accident?
(a) She breaks an arm.
(b) She sprains her ankle.
(c) Her front teeth are knocked out.
(d) She breaks her nose.

4. What has Clara bought for the new house without consulting Archie?
(a) A new television.
(b) A red coat rack.
(c) Red dishes.
(d) A leather sofa.

5. Which of these is not a definition of "pandy" found in the Old English Dictionary?
(a) Any fool or coward in a military situation.
(b) Any mutineer or traitor.
(c) A type of weapon used in the Indian Mutiny of 1857-59.
(d) Any Sepoy who revolted in the Indian Mutiny of 1857-59.

6. What does Samad do right after his fight with Alsana?
(a) He goes to see Poppy.
(b) He cancels Magid's trip.
(c) He ends his affair with Poppy.
(d) He takes a shower.

7. What does Clara's witnessing sash say?
(a) "Separating the Sheep from the Goats."
(b) "I Will Walk in White with Him."
(c) "Nearer My God to Thee."
(d) "Blessed Are the Pure in Heart."

8. What was objectionable about the new bullets produced in 1857?
(a) They sometimes exploded on their own.
(b) They were covered with cow and pig grease.
(c) They jammed the guns.
(d) They didn't fit the old rifles.

9. Which of these thing does Alsana not throw to the floor during her fight with Samad?
(a) Their dishes.
(b) Samad's shoes.
(c) Her sewing machine.
(d) Her clothes.

10. What does Alsana Iqbal do to make money?
(a) Takes care of children.
(b) Works as a telemarketer.
(c) Sews clothes for a shop called Domination.
(d) Does alterations for a bridal boutique.

11. What does Samad take to Poppy at their first meeting outside the school?
(a) Flowers.
(b) A bottle of wine.
(c) A coconut.
(d) A watermelon.

12. What is the subject of the disagreement between Archie and Clive?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) The current Prime Minister's policies.
(c) Which football team is better.
(d) World War II.

13. Who shows up at the restaurant unexpectedly?
(a) Poppy.
(b) Zinat.
(c) Alsana.
(d) Clara.

14. What do the village children want from Archie?
(a) Money.
(b) Playing cards.
(c) Bubblegum.
(d) Candy.

15. What are Magid and Irie wearing the morning Samad drives them to school?
(a) All green clothes.
(b) A suit for Magid and a dress for Irie.
(c) Their pajamas.
(d) Black clothes with white armbands.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the hurricane, what is hurled against the Iqbals' house?

2. What falls on Magid in a mosque and breaks his nose?

3. Where do Clara and Archie spend the first few hours of their marriage?

4. What does Archie buy with his large poker winnings?

5. What sport did Archie compete in at the Olympics?

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