View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Section 25, what do Inder Lal and the narrator do with the red strings?
(a) Tie them to the lattice and make wishes.
(b) Tie them to the tree in the grove.
(c) Tie them in the narrator's hair.
(d) Offer them to the healer.

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

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

4. How does Chid explain Ritu's screams?
(a) He says this is her punishment for her sins.
(b) He says she is being treated by special infusions of a certain drug.
(c) He says she is being treated with red hot irons on her hands and feet.
(d) He says this is the best path for her to find enlightenment.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator feel about Inder Lal, according to her August 15th journal entry?

2. How does the narrator describe Baba Firdau's shrine?

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

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

5. Where do Olivia and the Nawab first become lovers?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 306 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample