That night, Jaspreet sat on his narrow bed in the basement apartment in Brampton. His phone screen glowed in the dark. He typed into Google: g1 practice test -200 questions- pdf punjabi.

He clicked. Within seconds, a PDF file opened. It wasn't just a list of questions. The header was in bold Gurmukhi script: . Each question was written first in Punjabi, then in small text below, the original English. The answers were at the back.

From that day on, every new Punjabi immigrant on his street got the same message: “Pehle eh PDF kholo, fer gaddi chalao.” (Open this PDF first, then drive the car.)

He finished the test in eleven minutes.

He remembered the answer from a YouTube video he’d watched. “Stop—no matter which direction you’re coming from.” He checked the answer key. Correct.

By Question 50, his eyes were tired. By Question 100, he’d learned that you need a blood alcohol level of zero for a full G1 license, and that hydroplaning happens even on light rain. By Question 180, he was dreaming in Punjabi about parallel parking behind a bakery truck.