QUESTION 1 : Who was reallyopposed to Mini's friendship with Rahmat?
Mini's father
The household maid
Bhola
Mini's mother
QUESTION 2 : After being sentenced to death, whom did Chandara in "Punishment" want to see one last time?
Her husband
Her brother-in-law
Her mother
The magistrate
QUESTION 3 : Which, among the following, is NOT on the list of instructions that the mother gives her daughter in Kincaid's "Girl"?
How to grow okra
How make pepper pot
How to raise a child
How to make medicine to abort a pregnancy
QUESTION 4 : In "Drown," Diaz describes spaces where Beto and Yunior have their misadventures. Included among them is/are:
The mall
The community swimming pool
Both (a) and (b)
Neither (a) nor (b)
QUESTION 5 : After being released from prison, Rahmat shows up at Mini's house on an auspicious day. It is
Mini's wedding day
Mini's father's retirement party
Mini's mother's birthday
A housewarming get-together
QUESTION 6 : What did Yunior in "Drown" do for a living?
Sell computers
Sell drugs
Rob stores
None of the above
QUESTION 7 : "Would it have been worthwhile...
To say: "I am _________________, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all---"
Which Biblical character is Eliot's Prufrock referring to in these lines?
Lazarus
Jacob
Abraham
Isaac
QUESTION 8 : In "Drown," Yunior's father lives in
Galveston, TX
Boca Raton, FL
Sacramento, CA
Buffalo, NY
QUESTION 9 : Chhidam and Dukhiram Rui (in "Punishment") were
Salesmen
Agricultural laborers
Chauffeurs
Blacksmiths
QUESTION 10 : Which of the following is NOT a question that Prufrock asks his audience?
Do I dare disturb the universe?
Are my arms and legs too thin?
Would it have been worth it, after all?
Shall I part my hair behind?
QUESTION 11 : What country was Rahmat in "Kabuliwala" from?
Iran
Iraq
Afghanistan
Persia
QUESTION 12 : What were Chandara's last words in "Punishment"?
I want justice
To hell with him
I am innocent
Dukhiram murdered Radha
QUESTION 13 : How many names did Chike receive at birth?
Three
Two
Four
Five
QUESTION 14 : What does "osu" (in "Chike's School Days") mean?
Untouchable
Criminal
Atheist
Spiritual
QUESTION 15 : The narrator in Joyce's "Araby" was infatuated with a friend's sister. What was the friend's name?
O'Brien
Costello
Mangan
Costigan
QUESTION 16 : What was the name of the street on which the narrator in "Araby" lived?
Baker Street
North Richmond Street
Diagon Alley
Privet Drive
QUESTION 17 : There was one British character in "Punishment." It was
The village priest
The Rui brothers' employer
The Magistrate
Khudiram's wife
QUESTION 18 : In "Araby," what poem did the narrator's uncle recite to him just as he was leaving for the bazaar?
"An Arab's Farewell to his Steed"
"Kubla Khan"
"Daffodils"
"Ode to a Nightingale"
QUESTION 19 : In "Araby," the former tenant of the narator's house left some books behind. Which of these books were NOT among them?
Biographia Literaria
The Abbott
The Devout Communicant
The Memoirs of Vidoq
QUESTION 20 : In "The Old Chief Mshlanga," the native Africans address the narrator as
M'Lady
Nkosikaas
Madam
Mevrou
M'Lady
Nkosikaas
Madam
Mevrou