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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. What happens when Ritu visits the narrator in her room after she tries unsuccessfully to throw Chid out of her room?
(a) Ritus starts chanting with Chid.
(b) Ritu curls up in a corner and starts shrieking.
(c) Ritu and Chid fight.
(d) Chid seems to calm Ritu.

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

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

4. Why won't the narrator have sex with Chid in Section 17?
(a) She decides that it brings her misery.
(b) It's too hot and he does not bathe.
(c) She is mad at him.
(d) Sex has become painful for her.

5. Why was Baba Firdau's shrine built?
(a) To honor the Nawab's great grandmother.
(b) To grant fertility to the Nawab and his wife.
(c) To honor one who gave shelter to an ancestor of the Nawab.
(d) To bless the harvest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator notice about the relationship between Ritu and Inder Lal's mother?

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

3. Who accompanies the narrator to Husband's Wedding Day?

4. What is a suttee?

5. What does Harry tell the narrator when she asks him for news on Khatm when he visits in Section 16?

(see the answer key)

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