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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3 Section 9 | Part 3 Section 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between Tessie and Beth?
(a) They are best friends.
(b) They are bitter enemies.
(c) They are cousins.
(d) They are sisters.

2. What does the palace watchman give to the narrator?
(a) The rupees she drops on the way in.
(b) Rock sugar and flower petals.
(c) Mango leaves.
(d) A key.

3. Why is Mrs. Saunders ill when Olivia first meets her?
(a) She has malaria.
(b) She lost her husband.
(c) She lost a child.
(d) She has dysentery.

4. Why does the narrator say she buys Indian clothing after settling into her new place in Satipur?
(a) It is feminine and alluring.
(b) It is cheaper and cooler.
(c) Her suitcase of clothing is stolen.
(d) She wants to fit in.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose father died from a stroke when he was only 15?

2. Who does the narrator say her grandmother is in the first section of the novel?

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

4. What best describes the narrator's morning routine at her room in Satipur?

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

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