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

2. Who accompanies the narrator to Husband's Wedding Day?
(a) No one.
(b) Chid.
(c) Ritu.
(d) Inder Lal's mother and her friends.

3. What does Chid wear?
(a) A very worn straw farmer's hat.
(b) A beggar's badge.
(c) An orange Indian ascetic's robe.
(d) A soldier's uniform.

4. Where does the narrator say she is staying in her February 16th entry?
(a) In a room above the saloon.
(b) In Marcia's small hut outside of Satipur.
(c) In the A's Hotel.
(d) In a room above a cloth shop.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the person the narrator discovers inside the royal tomb there, in Section 13?

2. What does Inder Lal's mother do to calm the screaming person in the courtyard the night of March 9th?

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

4. Why was Baba Firdau's shrine built?

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

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