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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 10 Section 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is different about Chid when he returns on August 15th?
(a) He is crippled.
(b) He is a Christian.
(c) He is married.
(d) He is a father.

3. What does the narrator decide to discuss with Inder Lal after Ritu's screaming episode in her room?
(a) Having Ritu stay with her.
(b) Having Ritu go to a hospital.
(c) Psychiatric treatment.
(d) Evicting Chid.

4. Describe the pianos that the Nawab shows to Olivia.
(a) Both are in disrepair.
(b) Both are well-maintained.
(c) One is black and the other is white.
(d) One is a baby grand, the other is a child-sized spinnet.

5. Where does the narrator first notice the beggar woman in Section 23?
(a) By the suttee shrine.
(b) At the place where she takes her clothes.
(c) At the bazaar where she buys her food.
(d) Outside the house where Olivia used to live.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator say she buys Indian clothing after settling into her new place in Satipur?

2. What does the narrator think about Karim living in India?

3. What do the narrator and the person or people who accompany her on Husband's Wedding Day do once they are there?

4. What game do Olivia and Nawab play when he first takes her to the grove?

5. In Section 25, what do Inder Lal and the narrator do with the red strings?

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