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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3 Section 9 | Part 3 Section 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells the narrator that nothing human is important in India?
(a) Marcia.
(b) Tessie.
(c) A missionary.
(d) The hotel owner.

2. Who says she came to India to find peace, but only got dysentery?
(a) Beth Crawford.
(b) Mrs. Saunders.
(c) An English girl the narrator meets at an old bungalow.
(d) The wife of the major at the Nawab's dinner party.

3. Who gives Olivia's letters to Marcia?
(a) Harry.
(b) An anonymous source.
(c) Douglas.
(d) Beth.

4. What game do Olivia and Nawab play when he first takes her to the grove?
(a) The Begum.
(b) Musical chairs.
(c) Charades.
(d) Hide and go seek.

5. Why does the narrator start sleeping in the outdoor courtyard with Inder Lal's family?
(a) To escape the heat.
(b) To be close to Inder Lal.
(c) To see the stars.
(d) To escape the rodents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Inder Lal tell the narrator that his mother selected Ritu as his wife?

2. How does the narrator describe her relationship with her grandfather?

3. Whose father died from a stroke when he was only 15?

4. What does the narrator notice about the relationship between Ritu and Inder Lal's mother?

5. How does Olivia feel when she is first invited to visit the Nawab's palace with Douglas in 1923?

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