The Inheritance of Loss Quizzes

The Inheritance of Loss Quiz Chapters 1 -10

1 Who is Gyan?
Sai's mathematics tutor

The cook's son

The leader of the guerillas

The judge's son
2 Why does the judge criticize his usual baker?
The baker went to his daughter's wedding and closed for the day

The baker started making Indian desserts instead of English ones

The baker hired a Nepali boy as his assistant

The baker refused to import sugar from abroad
3 Why do the insurgents come to Cho Oyu?
To steal alcohol for their parties

To interrogate the cook about Biju's whereabouts

To confiscate the judge's hunting rifles

To kidnap Sai and hold her for ransom
4 Which reason does the cook NOT cite for keeping quiet about the robbery?
If the police are not being paid off, the robbers will seek revenge

The police usually blame the servant

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

An investigation might halt Biju's visa application
5 Why doesn't Sai go into the cook's house often?
He is a hoarder

She is superstitious, and entering a servant's house is bad luck

She is afraid to be alone with him

His poverty highlights the class differences between them
6 Why is the cook upset when Sai takes his photograph?
He believes photographs steal a person's soul

He only wants formal photographs of himself

He was saving the film to photograph Biju's return

Sai photographed him when he was ill
7 Why does the cook assume Biju occupies a higher social status in America?
He was educated in one of India's top universities

He sells American food, not Indian food

He is handsome and a bachelor

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 he has cooked their regional cuisine

Because he was educated in a convent school

Because their countries of origin have many Indian immigrants
10 Why does Biju fight with his Pakistani coworker?
Biju steals his coworker's girlfriend

A Pakistani man killed Biju's mother

His coworker is paid more than him

They both inherited prejudices from their families
11 Why did Mr. Mistry move to Moscow?
He married a Russian woman

He was a National Geographic explorer

He was offered a position in the Soviet space program

He studied at Moscow University
12 Why did Mr. and Mrs. Mistry's families disown them?
They refused to marry the partners their parents had arranged

Mr. Mistry was a Zoroastrian, whereas Mrs. Mistry was a Hindu

They dropped out of college to get married

They placed Sai in a convent school
13 Why does Sai move to Cho Oyu?
Her parents were killed in an accident, and Judge Patel was her emergency contact

Judge Patel needed a legal clerk, and Sai was studying law

Sai is the cook's daughter-in-law

Judge Patel realized he wanted a daughter, and asked her to move in
14 Why was Sai happy to leave the convent?
She had no friends and was always lonely

The nuns disciplined the children cruelly

She was finally being reunited with her parents

If she stayed, she would have had to become a nun
15 Which item did Jemu's mother NOT give him when he left for England
A package of food

A locket with her photo in it

A decorated coconut

A hand-knit sweater
16 What initally surprised Jemu about England?
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

There were poor and ordinary people living there
17 How does Mrs. Rice disrespect Jemu?
She denies his request for more food

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

She accuses him of stealing her silverware

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 becomes disgusted by his skin tone and accent

He becomes confident in his academic abilities

He believes he is smarter than his entire hometown
19 How did Sai meet Noni and Lola?
The judge arranged for Noni to tutor Sai

Noni and Lola are the cook's daughters

Sai was wandering through the woods and stumbled upon their cottage

Noni and Lola are nuns in Sai's convent school
20 How is Noni's cultural identity different than the judge's?
She hates all thing British

She collects items from Indian, Nepal, and Tibet, as well as from England

She converted to Catholicism, but still celebrates Hindu holidays

She takes great pride in being Bengali and encourages Sai to do the same
21 Why do Lola and Noni want to dismiss Budhoo?
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

Budhoo fell asleep and the Nepali insurgents robbed their home
22 Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons Biju thinks the college students are hypocritical?
They act like they care about poor and ordinary people, but work to become members of the gentry

They speak to him condescendingly, but using words from in his own language

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

They lecture others about India despite having grown up in America
23 What commonality do the men living in Biju's basement apartment share?
They all want to go home

They are all undocumented immigrants

They are all from India

They are all teenagers
24 Why does Biju immediately connect with Saeed Saeed?
Saeed Saeed looks like Biju's father

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

Saeed Saeed is from Biju's home city

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

His coworkers all know and love Bollywood movies

The bakery is owned by an Indian man

The bakery's best-selling dessert is gulab jamun

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The novel's climax occurs in Chapter 43, when the public burning of the Indo-Nepal Treaty devolves into violence between police and local residents.

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