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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Harry tell the narrator and Mrs. Crawford that he has only been to the Nawab's mountain chalet once?
(a) He was forbidden to return after that first visit.
(b) The Begum doesn't like it.
(c) The fire made it unlivable.
(d) It holds bitter memories for the Nawab.

2. What does Inder Lal say about his belief in evil spirits?
(a) He believes that evil spirits are all around us.
(b) He does not believe in any type of God or spirits.
(c) He does not believe in evil spirits.
(d) He believes that evil spirits cannot enter a virtuous person.

3. Where does Chid recover from his fever?
(a) In the royal tomb.
(b) In the narrator's room.
(c) In Inder Lal's home.
(d) In the suttee shrine.

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

5. Where is Baba Firdau's shrine?
(a) On palace grounds.
(b) In Khatm.
(c) In Satipur.
(d) Next to the suttee shrine.

6. What happens when Olivia plays the piano for the Nawab?
(a) He sits down at the other piano and plays.
(b) He loses interest and leaves.
(c) He starts to sing.
(d) He breaks down in tears.

7. What does the palace watchman give to the narrator?
(a) A key.
(b) Mango leaves.
(c) The rupees she drops on the way in.
(d) Rock sugar and flower petals.

8. Why is Mrs. Saunders ill when Olivia first meets her?
(a) She has malaria.
(b) She lost a child.
(c) She has dysentery.
(d) She lost her husband.

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

10. What best describes the narrator's room when both Chid and Ritu are in it?
(a) It takes on a peace it did not have before.
(b) It becomes a friendly haven for all three of them.
(c) It is full of silent tension.
(d) It sounds like a religious war.

11. Who volunteers to take the narrator to the Nawab's palace in Khatm for the first time?
(a) Harry.
(b) Inder Lal.
(c) Mr. Crawford.
(d) Douglas.

12. Why does the narrator say she buys Indian clothing after settling into her new place in Satipur?
(a) It is feminine and alluring.
(b) Her suitcase of clothing is stolen.
(c) It is cheaper and cooler.
(d) She wants to fit in.

13. What best describes Chid as a houseguest?
(a) Helpful and unobtrusive.
(b) Lazy and messy.
(c) Quiet as a mouse.
(d) Noisy and clumsy.

14. Where does the narrator's new friend take her in Section 11?
(a) To a well where the women gather.
(b) To the suttee shrine.
(c) To a library to see some papers regarding Olivia.
(d) To the grove where Olivia and the Nawab went.

15. Why does Inder Lal say that he agreed to the treatment that Ritu receives?
(a) The person recommending it healed with this treatment.
(b) It is good for her soul.
(c) Nothing else has worked.
(d) He meditated on the problem and believes this is the best course of action.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator receive from Chid in Section 21?

3. How does Chid explain Ritu's screams?

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

5. What is a sadhu?

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