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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 6, The Revolution.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What pursues the Tulsi chickens?
(a) Hawks.
(b) Snakes and mongooses.
(c) The children.
(d) Wild dogs.

3. In Book 2, Chapter 6, what literature does Owad leave around the house?
(a) The International Socialist Review.
(b) Democratic Left.
(c) The New Libertarian.
(d) Soviet Weekly.

4. Which relatives visit Mr. Biswas while he is ill?
(a) His brothers, Pratap and Prasad.
(b) His children, Savi and Anand.
(c) His mother, Bipti, and his brother, Pratap.
(d) Mrs. Tulsi and Seth.

5. Why does the man in the café need to sell his house?
(a) He is moving to England.
(b) His elderly mother can no longer manage the stairs.
(c) He can no longer afford the upkeep of the house.
(d) He is tired of being a landlord.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who begs Mr. Biswas for a Deserving Destitute award?

2. In Book 2, Chapter 4, what happens to Chinta?

3. What does Mungroo sue Mr. Biswas for?

4. How does Mr. Biswas attempt to collect the money owed to the store?

5. Before Book 2, Chapter 3, which family member has managed the family's estates?

(see the answer key)

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