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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19 | Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why isn't Biju permitted to apply for a green card?
(a) There are too many Indians who want one.
(b) He has no permanent address.
(c) He is unemployed.
(d) He has not lived there long enough.

2. What effect does the rainy season have on the cook?
(a) His letters from Biju are wet and illegible.
(b) His food supply is poisoned by the insect spray.
(c) His food supplies are limited.
(d) He has to walk through mud to the market.

3. Where does Biju live?
(a) In England.
(b) In Nepal.
(c) In America.
(d) In India.

4. What does the cook sell to supplement his income?
(a) Homemade curry.
(b) Homemade brew.
(c) Homemade soup.
(d) Homemade jam.

5. In his second year abroad, why does the wife of Biju's boss give him toiletries?
(a) It is part of his room and board arrangement.
(b) He can't afford to buy them himself.
(c) She thinks he smells.
(d) She can get them very cheaply.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do many of the people from Bengal begin to desire?

2. How do Biju and Saeed Saeed feel about each other when they first meet?

3. At which of his jobs does the boss leave Biju and his co-workers in charge?

4. What type of food does Biju deliver?

5. The first time Biju runs into Saeed after the closing of the bakery, what type of girl has Saeed married?

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