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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Biju get into a fight at work?
(a) An American co-worker.
(b) His American boss.
(c) A Pakistani co-worker.
(d) An Indian co-worker.

2. Where did Sai's parents die?
(a) In Russia.
(b) In India.
(c) In Pakistan.
(d) In America.

3. What does Gyan begin to realize about love as he and Sai grow apart?
(a) That it can be used for all kinds of purposes.
(b) That they are too young to be in love.
(c) That she is his one true love.
(d) That he should enjoy her love while he has it.

4. What types of memories are instilled in the judge by the theft of his trunk?
(a) Memories of a cruise he took.
(b) Memories of his college years.
(c) Memories of his wife.
(d) Memories of his daughter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gyan mean when he calls Sai a copycat?

2. What do Gyan and Sai learn is in common about their backgrounds?

3. What is Sai's reaction upon watching the police strip the cook of his pride?

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

5. After he joins the Liberation Movement, why is Gyan angered by all the time he spent with Sai?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the judge so critical of Gyan in chapter 18?

2. In chapter 23, what do Sai and Gyan discover they have in common?

3. What effect does Saeed Saeed have on Biju in chapter 14?

4. In chapter 22, what does it tell us about Biju when he leaves his job at Brigitte's and begins working at the Ghandi Cafe?

5. In chapter 9, in what way is Lola portrayed as a hypocrite?

6. In chapter 27, why does Sai have so much trouble relating to Gyan's ideas about a Gorkha homeland?

7. In chapter 24, how does Harish-Harry's comments about his workers contrast with the way he treats them?

8. In chapter 10, why do you think Biju is the only immigrant he knows who seriously considers returning home one day?

9. How is the judge's house like the judge himself?

10. In chapter 26, why does Gyan begin regretting the time he spent with Sai as he becomes part of the liberation?

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