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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the first day after Harry's recovery that he accompanies the Nawab to pick up Olivia, where do Olivia and the Nawab go?
(a) To a celebration for the fertility goddess.
(b) To a banquet in the Nawab's honor.
(c) To the palace garden.
(d) To Baba Firdau's Shrine and the grove.

2. Where does Olivia go after her abortion?
(a) To the palace.
(b) To the hospital.
(c) To England.
(d) To her home.

3. Who does the narrator learn is pregnant on July 31st?
(a) Inder Lal's niece.
(b) Herself.
(c) Ritu.
(d) Maji.

4. Where is Chid at the end of Section 30?
(a) He is back at the narrator's room.
(b) Dead, and his body awaits cremation.
(c) He has left, but no one knows where he is.
(d) In the hospital ward.

5. Why does Olivia ask Harry to do her the favor in Section 32?
(a) This is the first time she is worried about the baby's appearance.
(b) She wants to cure her morning sickness.
(c) She wants the Begum to embrace her child.
(d) She wants to have the baby away from both men.

6. Where does the narrator go on her way to the bazaar on August 31st?
(a) To Maji's hut.
(b) To the monsoon pond in the village center.
(c) To visit Ritu.
(d) To tie strings at the shrine.

7. Who does the narrator believe is the father of the pregnant person she learns about on July 31st?
(a) The mango seller from the bazaar.
(b) Chid.
(c) Inder Lal.
(d) A sudhu.

8. How does the narrator feel about her pregnancy when she visits Maji's hut?
(a) She wants to share it with Inder Lal.
(b) She ends up in a state of rapture.
(c) She is uncertain about it.
(d) She is desperate to end it.

9. What does the Nawab joke about on the day that he and Olivia make love for the first time?
(a) Baba Firdau.
(b) Husband's Wedding Day.
(c) Wives and widows.
(d) A suttee death.

10. Who warns Olivia that "they" only want to "you-know-what with a white woman"?
(a) Douglas.
(b) Harry.
(c) Mrs. Saunders.
(d) Major Saunders.

11. Where does Olivia live after leaving Douglas?
(a) In the palace with the Nawab.
(b) In a house in the mountains.
(c) In England.
(d) Alone in Satipur City.

12. What does Olivia ask Harry to do in Section 32?
(a) Ask the Begum about an abortion.
(b) Convince the Nawab that the child is his.
(c) Buy her a poultice at the bazaar.
(d) Get her a ticket back to England.

13. Who tells the narrator the old beggar woman's name?
(a) The laundry woman.
(b) Ruti.
(c) Inder Lal's mother.
(d) Maji.

14. How often and when does the narrator see Chid in Section 31?
(a) Daily, when she visits him.
(b) Rarely, and only when she can get a ride with Maji.
(c) Daily, when he visits her.
(d) Only when she sneaks into the ward.

15. Why does the narrator contact Chid's family?
(a) To tell them he is dying.
(b) To ask his mother to come to his side.
(c) To ask for a return ticket.
(d) To ask for money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator tell Maji in the final section of the novel?

2. When does Olivia cease writing letters to Marcia?

3. How does Olivia feel about her pregnancy in Section 32?

4. What does the person who interrupts Olivia's abortion do?

5. What does Olivia seem to feel about determining the father of her child in Section 29?

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