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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. Into what caste was the judge's father born?
(a) The peasant caste.
(b) The middle class.
(c) Servitude.
(d) The wealthy caste.

2. How does Sai respond to Gyan's accusations about her being a copycat?
(a) That she is nothing like Lola and Noni.
(b) That she regrets having plagiarized.
(c) That he is the true copycat.
(d) That she is free to make her own choices.

3. What does Noni believe about the Nepalese?
(a) They should be reduced to servitude.
(b) They should be expelled from India.
(c) They should have their own homeland.
(d) They are dangerous because there are so many of them.

4. Where does Sai spend Christmas?
(a) Gyan's house.
(b) At home with the judge and the cook.
(c) Father Booty's house.
(d) Noni and Lola's house.

5. Who approaches the judge's house at the beginning of the novel?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) A young Nepalese men.
(c) Sai's tutor.
(d) A homeless beggar.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did people respond to his English manners when the judge first returned from England?

2. What did the judge do to his wife when he first returned from England?

3. What type of person is Saeed Saeed?

4. Who is Harish-Harry?

5. What does Gyan begin to realize about love as he and Sai grow apart?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter 3, why doesn't Bijou consider himself a man?

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

3. In chapter 8, why is Jemu so determined to reject his father's traditional Indian customs by refusing to throw the coconut overboard?

4. What is the significance of the elaborate Christmas celebration in chapter 25?

5. 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?

6. As described in chapter 12, what is the difference between the effects of Catholic school on Sai and Noni?

7. In chapter 11, what do we learn about Indian servants' preferences for employers?

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

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

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

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