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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 12 Section 35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the religious significance of Baba Firdau's shrine?
(a) It is believed to be a place of healing.
(b) It is sacred for women who want to become pregnant.
(c) It is sacred for the blessing of young men just coming of age.
(d) It is believed to restore youth and energy to the aging.

2. What is noticeable about the beggar woman that the narrator notices and ends up helping?
(a) She never speaks; she holds out her hands when hungry.
(b) She is blind and wears a band over her eyes.
(c) She is crippled and sits on a low platform with wheels.
(d) She sings throughout the day to earn money from passersby.

3. Who accompanies the narrator to the royal tombs in Section 13?
(a) Ritu.
(b) Inder Lal.
(c) Inder Lal's mother.
(d) Chid.

4. Who accompanies the narrator to Husband's Wedding Day?
(a) Inder Lal's mother and her friends.
(b) Chid.
(c) No one.
(d) Ritu.

5. How does the narrator describe her relationship with her grandfather?
(a) They disliked each other.
(b) She never met him.
(c) They were very close.
(d) She hardly remembers him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do on the way back to her room after learning of the pregnancy in Section 23?

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

3. What is a suttee?

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

5. How does the narrator feel about Inder Lal, according to her August 15th journal entry?

(see the answer key)

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