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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5 Section 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Harry tell the narrator when she asks him for news on Khatm when he visits in Section 16?
(a) That his mother lives in Khatm.
(b) That she shouldn't ask so many questions.
(c) That Khatm should be burned to the ground.
(d) That he lives in the palace and nothing happens there.

2. Why does Inder Lal tell the narrator that his mother selected Ritu as his wife?
(a) She has all her teeth.
(b) She brought a good dowry.
(c) She can read and write.
(d) She is uneducated.

3. According to the narrator's first journal entry, where does she spend her first night in Bombay?
(a) In a cheap hotel attached to a bar.
(b) With a woman she met on the trip over.
(c) In a missionary hostel.
(d) In a doorway.

4. What paperwork does the narrator keep on her small desk in Part 1, Section 3?
(a) Olivia's letters and the map to the palace.
(b) Her journal, Tessie's diary and a Hindi grammar book.
(c) Olivia's letters, her journal and a guide to India.
(d) Olivia's letters, her journal and a Hindi grammar book.

5. What is the relationship between Tessie and Beth?
(a) They are best friends.
(b) They are sisters.
(c) They are bitter enemies.
(d) They are cousins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator start sleeping in the outdoor courtyard with Inder Lal's family?

2. Why won't the narrator have sex with Chid in Section 17?

3. Why is Mrs. Saunders ill when Olivia first meets her?

4. What happens when Ritu visits the narrator in her room after she tries unsuccessfully to throw Chid out of her room?

5. What does Inder Lal's mother do to calm the screaming person in the courtyard the night of March 9th?

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