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

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

3. What do the narrator and the person or people who accompany her on Husband's Wedding Day do once they are there?
(a) Share food and have a good time.
(b) Help older widows.
(c) Sing and pray.
(d) Dance, drink and listen to poems about Baba Firdau.

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

5. What is the narrator called in Part 1 Section 4?
(a) Hirja.
(b) Nawab.
(c) Sass.
(d) Begum.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does the narrator start sleeping in the outdoor courtyard with Inder Lal's family?

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

5. Why was Baba Firdau's shrine built?

(see the answer key)

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