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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5 Section 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who accompanies the narrator to the royal tombs in Section 13?
(a) Inder Lal.
(b) Inder Lal's mother.
(c) Chid.
(d) Ritu.

2. What does Inder Lal's mother do to calm the screaming person in the courtyard the night of March 9th?
(a) Slaps the person in the face.
(b) Gives the person a ginger and honey tea.
(c) Sings and rocks the person back to sleep.
(d) Sprinkles rice and utters incantations.

3. Where does the narrator's new friend take her in Section 11?
(a) To a well where the women gather.
(b) To the grove where Olivia and the Nawab went.
(c) To the suttee shrine.
(d) To a library to see some papers regarding Olivia.

4. What best describes the narrator's room when both Chid and Ritu are in it?
(a) It becomes a friendly haven for all three of them.
(b) It sounds like a religious war.
(c) It is full of silent tension.
(d) It takes on a peace it did not have before.

5. Why does Harry tell the narrator and Mrs. Crawford that he has only been to the Nawab's mountain chalet once?
(a) The fire made it unlivable.
(b) He was forbidden to return after that first visit.
(c) The Begum doesn't like it.
(d) It holds bitter memories for the Nawab.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the person the narrator discovers inside the royal tomb there, in Section 13?

2. What prompts the narrator to investigate the royal tomb on March 30th?

3. Why does the Nawab tell Douglas he is visiting on the day that Douglas arrives home during one of the Nawab's regular visits to Olivia?

4. What is the relationship between Tessie and Beth?

5. Why is Mrs. Saunders ill when Olivia first meets her?

(see the answer key)

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