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

2. What does Harry tell the narrator when she asks him for news on Khatm when he visits in Section 16?
(a) That Khatm should be burned to the ground.
(b) That she shouldn't ask so many questions.
(c) That he lives in the palace and nothing happens there.
(d) That his mother lives in Khatm.

3. Why doesn't Harry take the berth that Douglas has arranged for him?
(a) The Nawab cancels the berth.
(b) He does not want to leave his mother.
(c) He does not want to leave Olivia.
(d) He has his own berth arranged.

4. What prompts the narrator to investigate the royal tomb on March 30th?
(a) A loud groaning.
(b) A symbol she sees on the outside of the tomb.
(c) Something she read at the library.
(d) Something in Olivia's letters.

5. Why is the person the narrator discovers inside the royal tomb there, in Section 13?
(a) The person is praying.
(b) The person is sick with fever.
(c) The person is being held prisoner.
(d) The person is hiding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chid wear?

2. What is a sadhu?

3. What is the Begum?

4. Why does Major Minnies consider "Husband's Wedding Day" a problem?

5. Why is Mrs. Saunders ill when Olivia first meets her?

(see the answer key)

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