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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Baba Firdau's shrine?

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

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

4. What does Chid wear?

5. Who says she came to India to find peace, but only got dysentery?

(see the answer key)

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