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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing the judge prays for after years of being an atheist?
(a) That Sai will grow up in a better world.
(b) That his dog will be returned to him.
(c) That his health will improve.
(d) That the violence will cease.

2. How do Lola and Noni respond to the Gorkhas marching in the street?
(a) They respectfully disagree with their position.
(b) They support their cause.
(c) They consider them degenerates.
(d) They want to learn more about what they're saying.

3. What book does Sai read while hoping Gyan will come back?
(a) Gone With the Wind.
(b) Wuthering Heights.
(c) Little Women.
(d) Jane Eyre.

4. What types of Indians does Biju encounter at the Calcutta airport?
(a) Mainly businessmen.
(b) A wide variety.
(c) Mainly those who worked with computers.
(d) Mainly menial laborers.

5. What did the judge see the cook doing as he was heading home from the restaurant?
(a) Hiding liquor in the bushes.
(b) Hiding guns in the bushes.
(c) Selling liquor to soldiers.
(d) Selling guns to soldiers.

6. What does the cook demand the judge do to him when he returns home without his dog?
(a) Take away everything he owns.
(b) Beat him.
(c) Berate him.
(d) Fire him.

7. What do the GNLF boys do to Biju?
(a) Help him carry his belongings through the woods.
(b) Give him money.
(c) Insist on more money to take him to the cook's house.
(d) Rob him.

8. How does Biju feel about his relationship with his father after his phone call?
(a) That it is as if they still live in the same house.
(b) That his father would dislike the person he has become.
(c) That they are no longer part of each other's lives.
(d) That he no longer respects his father.

9. Who does the judge blame for the loss of his dog?
(a) Himself.
(b) The cook.
(c) The GNLF.
(d) The wife and father of the tortured man.

10. Who does Lola blame for her being victimized?
(a) The government.
(b) Her late husband.
(c) The night watchman.
(d) Noni.

11. How does Uncle Potty look at love?
(a) In a negative way.
(b) In a romantic way.
(c) In a practical way.
(d) In a naive way.

12. What happens when Biju slips and injures himself in the Gandhi Cafe kitchen?
(a) His boss's wife treats the wound.
(b) His boss fires him for not cleaning the floor.
(c) His boss takes him to the doctor.
(d) His boss recommends that he return to India for treatment.

13. How does being home after such a long time away manifest in Biju physically?
(a) He feels as if his head has cleared.
(b) He feels as if his ears have been plugged and now he can hear clearly.
(c) He feels as if he is able to breathe again.
(d) He feels as if his vision's been blurred and now he can see clearly.

14. What do the wife and father of the tortured man steal from the judge?
(a) Vegetables from the garden.
(b) Canned food.
(c) His dog.
(d) Guns.

15. What does Sai decide to do as her cold is waning?
(a) Forget Gyan.
(b) Go in search of Gyan.
(c) Write to Gyan.
(d) Find someone else to love.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gyan feel after his grandmother becomes involved in his decision to be part of the liberation effort?

2. What does Sai feel towards Gyan when she sees his house?

3. As the conflict becomes riddled with random violence, how do the village residents begin to react?

4. Why does Biju shop for New York souvenirs after leaving Mr. Kakkar?

5. Six months after Sai's trip to the library, what does the Gorkha National Liberation do?

(see the answer keys)

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