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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 does Inder Lal's mother do to calm the screaming person in the courtyard the night of March 9th?
(a) Gives the person a ginger and honey tea.
(b) Slaps the person in the face.
(c) Sings and rocks the person back to sleep.
(d) Sprinkles rice and utters incantations.

2. Why is Mrs. Saunders ill when Olivia first meets her?
(a) She has dysentery.
(b) She lost a child.
(c) She has malaria.
(d) She lost her husband.

3. Why was Baba Firdau's shrine built?
(a) To honor the Nawab's great grandmother.
(b) To bless the harvest.
(c) To honor one who gave shelter to an ancestor of the Nawab.
(d) To grant fertility to the Nawab and his wife.

4. Why does Inder Lal tell the narrator that his mother selected Ritu as his wife?
(a) She can read and write.
(b) She is uneducated.
(c) She brought a good dowry.
(d) She has all her teeth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accompanies the narrator to the royal tombs in Section 13?

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

3. What is the religious significance of Baba Firdau's shrine?

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

5. What does the narrator say she learns about the house where Olivia and Douglas used to live in the February 16th journal entry?

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