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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 4, The Chase.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bipti do the day before Mr. Biswas is born?
(a) Crosses the path of a white calf.
(b) Faints at the market.
(c) Goes to her parents' home with her three children.
(d) Falls down the stairs.

2. What was the purchase price of Mr. Biswas' house?
(a) $2,450.
(b) $3,000.
(c) $13,000.
(d) $5,500.

3. When Mr. Biswas sees a child destroying some of the store's stock, what does his reaction cause the mother of the accused child to do?
(a) She yells at her son.
(b) She beats her son.
(c) She ignores Mr. Biswas.
(d) She yells at Mr. Biswas.

4. Who attacks Mr. Biswas in Book 2, Chapter 3?
(a) Govind.
(b) Sharma.
(c) Owad.
(d) Pundit Tulsi.

5. After his father's death, where does Mr. Biswas live?
(a) In an apartment with his mother.
(b) In a cave on the cliff.
(c) In a mud hut owned by Aunt Tara.
(d) In his Aunt Tara's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Biswas love about Sharma?

2. While at school, what talent does Mr. Biswas discover he has?

3. How has Pundit Tulsi been immortalized?

4. What is eventually discovered on Bipti's property after it is sold?

5. How does Mr. Biswas lose his childhood job?

(see the answer key)

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