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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What treatment does Ramchand recommend for Mr. Biswas?
(a) Tranquilizers.
(b) Music from a gramophone.
(c) Long walks in the country.
(d) A long vacation.

2. In the beginning of Chapter 2, who buys the Bipti's property?
(a) Her sister, Tara.
(b) Her next door neighbor, Dhari.
(c) A foreign investor.
(d) The owners of the sugar cane plantation.

3. What physical reaction does Mr. Biswas have to stress?
(a) Fainting.
(b) Stomach pains.
(c) Tremors.
(d) Headaches.

4. What job is Mr. Biswas fired from in the prologue?
(a) Police officer in Trinidad.
(b) Reporter for the Trinidad "Sentinel."
(c) Taxicab driver in Trinidad.
(d) Overseer for a sugar plantation.

5. What does Mr. Biswas discover about Sharma after they move to The Chase?
(a) She is not a virgin.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is leaving him.
(d) She is a brilliant mathematician.

6. Why is Mr. Biswas sent to school?
(a) His aunt wants him to have the best opportunities possible.
(b) He is too young to work.
(c) A compulsory school attendance law is passed.
(d) His father left money in his will for his schooling.

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

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

9. Why does Pundit Jairam send Mr. Biswas back home?
(a) Because stress was making Mr. Biswas ill.
(b) Because Pundit Jairam became too ill to teach.
(c) Because Mr. Biswas was severely homesick.
(d) Because Mr. Biswas tainted the oleander tree with urine.

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

11. What does Mr. Biswas read in bed while living at Green Vale?
(a) Hindi literature.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) The old newspapers that wallpaper his walls.
(d) Political magazines.

12. 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 Mr. Biswas.
(b) She ignores Mr. Biswas.
(c) She yells at her son.
(d) She beats her son.

13. In Book 1, Chapter 5, after Mr. Biswas runs out of money for construction, what does he use for building material?
(a) Cardboard.
(b) Tree branches, corroded tin, and stolen asphalt.
(c) Cinder blocks.
(d) Bricks from an old estate.

14. What do the Tulsis hire Mr. Biswas to do in their dry goods store?
(a) Run the counter.
(b) Paint signs.
(c) Put up stock.
(d) Clean the bathroom.

15. What is Green Vale?
(a) An English manor.
(b) One of the Tulsis' sugar estates.
(c) An estate on the mainland.
(d) A hotel run by Seth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the prologue, how much of the mortgage is left on Mr. Biswas' house?

2. What is Mr. Biswas' favorite hobby?

3. In Book 1, Chapter 2, who runs away with Dehuti?

4. What does Sharma use to treat bedbugs?

5. What solution does Seth recommend for Mr. Biswas' financial problems?

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