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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5 Section 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Chid's chanting affect the narrator?
(a) She finds it unbearable.
(b) She finds it peaceful
(c) It's just another background noise.
(d) It lulls her to sleep.

3. Why was Baba Firdau's shrine built?
(a) To bless the harvest.
(b) To honor the Nawab's great grandmother.
(c) To honor one who gave shelter to an ancestor of the Nawab.
(d) To grant fertility to the Nawab and his wife.

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

5. What is a sadhu?
(a) An unforgivable sin.
(b) A tomb painting.
(c) A holy man.
(d) A blessing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chid do when someone gives him a guava or a banana?

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

3. What best describes the Nawab's palace during the narrator's first visit?

4. What paperwork does the narrator keep on her small desk in Part 1, Section 3?

5. What does Chid wear?

(see the answer key)

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