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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4 Section 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does not agree that a suttee is a form of suicide?
(a) Major Minnies and Olivia.
(b) Only Beth Crawford.
(c) Olivia and Beth Crawford.
(d) Douglas and Dr. Saunders.

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

3. What best describes the Nawab's palace during the narrator's first visit?
(a) Gloomy and crumbling.
(b) Ornate and impressive.
(c) Practically empty.
(d) Bustling with activity.

4. Who says, at the Crawford's dinner party, that if a woman wants to throw her life away for her religion it is her choice?
(a) Mrs. Saunders.
(b) Douglas.
(c) Olivia.
(d) Major Minnies.

5. What paperwork does the narrator keep on her small desk in Part 1, Section 3?
(a) Olivia's letters, her journal and a guide to India.
(b) Olivia's letters and the map to the palace.
(c) Olivia's letters, her journal and a Hindi grammar book.
(d) Her journal, Tessie's diary and a Hindi grammar book.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who befriends the narrator and gets her good deals at the bazaar in Section 11?

3. Who tells the narrator that nothing human is important in India?

4. What is the Begum?

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

(see the answer key)

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