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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4 Section 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Begum?
(a) The tree outside of Mrs. Saunders' window.
(b) A traditional Indian game.
(c) The Nawab's mother.
(d) The Indian term for an English woman's gloves.

2. What is a sadhu?
(a) A tomb painting.
(b) A blessing.
(c) A holy man.
(d) An unforgivable sin.

3. Why does the narrator start sleeping in the outdoor courtyard with Inder Lal's family?
(a) To escape the rodents.
(b) To be close to Inder Lal.
(c) To see the stars.
(d) To escape the heat.

4. How does the narrator describe Baba Firdau's shrine?
(a) Poorly maintained.
(b) It is simple and radiates peace.
(c) She never sees it.
(d) It is full of phallic symbols and fertility icons.

5. Who does the narrator discover when she investigates the royal tomb on March 30th?
(a) The angry English woman she met at the British bungalow.
(b) Ritu.
(c) Chid.
(d) Inder Lal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who awakens the narrator by screaming in the courtyard on March 9th?

2. Why does Inder Lal tell the narrator that his mother selected Ritu as his wife?

3. What is the narrator called in Part 1 Section 4?

4. What does the narrator notice about the relationship between Ritu and Inder Lal's mother?

5. Who is the recipient of Olivia's letters that are in the narrator's possession?

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