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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7 Section 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator first notice the beggar woman in Section 23?
(a) At the bazaar where she buys her food.
(b) By the suttee shrine.
(c) Outside the house where Olivia used to live.
(d) At the place where she takes her clothes.

2. Why is the beggar woman who the narrator brings to the hospital living on the streets?
(a) Her husband divorced her and kicked her out of the home.
(b) She has no remaining relatives.
(c) She was evicted by her family after her husband died.
(d) No one knows where she comes from.

3. What is noticeable about the beggar woman that the narrator notices and ends up helping?
(a) She is blind and wears a band over her eyes.
(b) She sings throughout the day to earn money from passersby.
(c) She is crippled and sits on a low platform with wheels.
(d) She never speaks; she holds out her hands when hungry.

4. Whose father died from a stroke when he was only 15?
(a) The Nawab.
(b) Mr. Crawford.
(c) Mr. Saunders.
(d) Douglas.

5. What topic do Olivia and Douglas start to discuss during her growing friendship with the Nawab?
(a) Returning to England.
(b) Adopting an Indian child.
(c) Separation.
(d) Having children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a sadhu?

2. Who does the narrator discover when she investigates the royal tomb on March 30th?

3. What is the Begum?

4. What does Harry tell the narrator and Mrs. Crawford about his mother in Section 15?

5. Describe the pianos that the Nawab shows to Olivia.

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