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

2. Whose father died from a stroke when he was only 15?
(a) Mr. Crawford.
(b) The Nawab.
(c) Douglas.
(d) Mr. Saunders.

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

4. Who is the recipient of Olivia's letters that are in the narrator's possession?
(a) Mrs. Saunders.
(b) Beth.
(c) Ritu.
(d) Marcia.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who gives Olivia's letters to Marcia?

3. How does Olivia feel when she is first invited to visit the Nawab's palace with Douglas in 1923?

4. What best describes the royal tombs visited by the narrator in Section 13?

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

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