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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. What is the GNLF?
(a) The radical youth wing fighting to rule over India.
(b) The radical youth wing fighting for their own homeland.
(c) The radical youth wing fighting to have the Indians removed from Bengal.
(d) The radical youth wing fighting for the right to emigrate to America.

2. Besides being with Sai, how does Gyan want to occupy his time?
(a) He wants to fight for the liberation of his people.
(b) He wants to assist his parents with household chores.
(c) He wants to continue his studies.
(d) He wants to obtain a visa.

3. During their tutoring sessions, what does Sai tell Noni she wants to do?
(a) Marry well.
(b) Travel.
(c) Move to America.
(d) Earn a good living.

4. What do Saeed's in-laws encourage him to do?
(a) Divorce their daughter.
(b) Work for them.
(c) Emigrate.
(d) Have children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Noni and Lola give as Christmas gifts?

2. Where does a co-worker take Biju when his character is first introduced?

3. Where do Harry-Harish and his family live?

4. What group of men does Gyan join after the New Year?

5. In what types of places does Biju work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What miscommunication exists between Biju and the cook in chapter 15?

2. In chapter 19, why does the author have both the cook and Lola experience difficulty communicating with a loved-one abroad?

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

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

5. In chapter 29, why does Gyan betray Sai?

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

7. In chapter 27, in what ways do Sai and Gyan view Christmas differently?

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

9. In chapter 4, why do Sai and the cook justify the manner in which the police treated the cook?

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

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