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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are Nitin's friends surprised that he took a job in the country?
(a) He liked the city and his social life.
(b) The women are very unattractive there.
(c) He has terrible allergies.
(d) He doesn't know anything about tea.

2. Why isn't Master Mohan respected?
(a) He is a criminal.
(b) His family is rude.
(c) He has a disease.
(d) His family was poor.

3. In the story of the Kabirvad Tree, what created it?
(a) The Jain monk's prayers.
(b) Buddha.
(c) Kabir's toothbrush.
(d) The Narmada River.

4. Why is Nitin Bose coming to the guesthouse?
(a) To learn tribal customs.
(b) To find a wife.
(c) To work.
(d) To run away from the police.

5. The narrator was once a bureaucrat, but is now a ___________.
(a) Naga Baba.
(b) Monk.
(c) Salesman.
(d) Vanaprasthi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Master Mohan's wife enraged by Imrat's recording contract?

2. Why does Nitin bring books to the tea estate?

3. What about Rima's marriage distresses Nitin?

4. Why does Tariq Mia begin to tell the narrator his story?

5. What skills were courtesans supposed to teach noblemen?

(see the answer key)

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