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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 does Gyan mean when he calls Sai a copycat?
(a) That she is imitating Western culture.
(b) That she is a plagiarist.
(c) That she is trying to be just like Gyan.
(d) That she tries to be just like Lola and Noni.

2. Who is sent to the police station after the judge is robbed?
(a) The cook's son.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) Sai.
(d) The cook.

3. What does Sai serve to the judge at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Tea.
(d) Lunch.

4. What does Gyan realize as soon as he leaves Sai after apologizing?
(a) He needs to try to see things her way.
(b) Their romance is worth preserving at any cost.
(c) Their romance is interfering with his new adult responsibilities.
(d) He needs to try to change her mind.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of memories are instilled in the judge by the theft of his trunk?

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

3. In what types of places does Biju work?

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

5. What advice does Noni give Sai while she is tutoring her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In chapter 5, what is the symbolism of the two-level restaurants with basement kitchens where Biju works?

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. What effect does Gyan have on Sai when they first meet in chapter 13?

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

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

9. What does the first chapter reveal about the social structures that exist between the introductory characters?

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

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