The Inheritance of Loss Quizzes

The Inheritance of Loss Quiz Chapters 1 -10

1 Who is Gyan?
The leader of the guerillas

The judge's son

The cook's son

Sai's mathematics tutor
2 Why does the judge criticize his usual baker?
The baker refused to import sugar from abroad

The baker went to his daughter's wedding and closed for the day

The baker hired a Nepali boy as his assistant

The baker started making Indian desserts instead of English ones
3 Why do the insurgents come to Cho Oyu?
To steal alcohol for their parties

To confiscate the judge's hunting rifles

To interrogate the cook about Biju's whereabouts

To kidnap Sai and hold her for ransom
4 Which reason does the cook NOT cite for keeping quiet about the robbery?
An investigation might halt Biju's visa application

If the police are not being paid off, the robbers will seek revenge

If the police are being paid off, they will do nothing

The police usually blame the servant
5 Why doesn't Sai go into the cook's house often?
She is superstitious, and entering a servant's house is bad luck

He is a hoarder

His poverty highlights the class differences between them

She is afraid to be alone with him
6 Why is the cook upset when Sai takes his photograph?
Sai photographed him when he was ill

He only wants formal photographs of himself

He believes photographs steal a person's soul

He was saving the film to photograph Biju's return
7 Why does the cook assume Biju occupies a higher social status in America?
He is handsome and a bachelor

He sells American food, not Indian food

He was educated in one of India's top universities

He can speak two languages, English and Hindi
8 Why is Biju dismissed from his first job at Gray's Papaya?
The owner was required to do a green card check

He delivered cold food

He fought with a Pakistani coworker

The owner's wife thought he smelled bad
9 Why do Biju's coworkers assume he would know their countries of origin?
Because India is geographically close to their countries of origin

Because their countries of origin have many Indian immigrants

Because he has cooked their regional cuisine

Because he was educated in a convent school
10 Why does Biju fight with his Pakistani coworker?
Biju steals his coworker's girlfriend

They both inherited prejudices from their families

His coworker is paid more than him

A Pakistani man killed Biju's mother
11 Why did Mr. Mistry move to Moscow?
He was offered a position in the Soviet space program

He studied at Moscow University

He married a Russian woman

He was a National Geographic explorer
12 Why did Mr. and Mrs. Mistry's families disown them?
They refused to marry the partners their parents had arranged

They placed Sai in a convent school

They dropped out of college to get married

Mr. Mistry was a Zoroastrian, whereas Mrs. Mistry was a Hindu
13 Why does Sai move to Cho Oyu?
Judge Patel realized he wanted a daughter, and asked her to move in

Her parents were killed in an accident, and Judge Patel was her emergency contact

Sai is the cook's daughter-in-law

Judge Patel needed a legal clerk, and Sai was studying law
14 Why was Sai happy to leave the convent?
If she stayed, she would have had to become a nun

She was finally being reunited with her parents

She had no friends and was always lonely

The nuns disciplined the children cruelly
15 Which item did Jemu's mother NOT give him when he left for England
A decorated coconut

A hand-knit sweater

A locket with her photo in it

A package of food
16 What initally surprised Jemu about England?
There were poor and ordinary people living there

There was no Indian food, though there were many Indian people

He was accepted to Cambridge on his first try

English landlords refused to rent to him
17 How does Mrs. Rice disrespect Jemu?
She accuses him of stealing her silverware

She refuses to clean his room like she does for the other guests

She denies his request for more food

She called him "James"
18 How does living in England change Jemu's sense of self?
He realizes he does not want to be married

He believes he is smarter than his entire hometown

He becomes disgusted by his skin tone and accent

He becomes confident in his academic abilities
19 How did Sai meet Noni and Lola?
Sai was wandering through the woods and stumbled upon their cottage

The judge arranged for Noni to tutor Sai

Noni and Lola are the cook's daughters

Noni and Lola are nuns in Sai's convent school
20 How is Noni's cultural identity different than the judge's?
She converted to Catholicism, but still celebrates Hindu holidays

She hates all thing British

She takes great pride in being Bengali and encourages Sai to do the same

She collects items from Indian, Nepal, and Tibet, as well as from England
21 Why do Lola and Noni want to dismiss Budhoo?
Budhoo fell asleep and the Nepali insurgents robbed their home

Budhoo is Nepali, and they worry he will side with Nepali insurgents

Budhoo is too frail to protect them from any real danger

He proposed marriage to Lola
22 Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons Biju thinks the college students are hypocritical?
They lecture others about India despite having grown up in America

They act like they care about poor and ordinary people, but work to become members of the gentry

They are kind to him, but criticize him as soon as they think he can't hear

They speak to him condescendingly, but using words from in his own language
23 What commonality do the men living in Biju's basement apartment share?
They all want to go home

They are all from India

They are all teenagers

They are all undocumented immigrants
24 Why does Biju immediately connect with Saeed Saeed?
Saeed Saeed is from Biju's home city

Saeed Saeed looks like Biju's father

Saeed Saeed is also the first person from his family to live abroad

Saeed Saeed's home town appreciates Indian culture
25 What makes Biju proud of his country at the Queen of Tarts bakery?
The bakery is decorated with posters of Indian landscapes

The bakery's best-selling dessert is gulab jamun

The bakery is owned by an Indian man

His coworkers all know and love Bollywood movies

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