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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. Why does the narrator start sleeping in the outdoor courtyard with Inder Lal's family?
(a) To escape the rodents.
(b) To see the stars.
(c) To be close to Inder Lal.
(d) To escape the heat.

2. Who says she came to India to find peace, but only got dysentery?
(a) The wife of the major at the Nawab's dinner party.
(b) Beth Crawford.
(c) Mrs. Saunders.
(d) An English girl the narrator meets at an old bungalow.

3. What is a suttee?
(a) A fertility symbol.
(b) A religious icon of an older woman.
(c) A long mat used for praying.
(d) A religious suicide of a widow.

4. What best describes the natural elements in Satipur according to the narrator's April 25th journal entry?
(a) There are dust storms and hot winds.
(b) There are blooming flowers and gentle breezes.
(c) Plants and crops are dying.
(d) There is constant rain and a lack of sun.

5. According to the narrator's first journal entry, where does she spend her first night in Bombay?
(a) With a woman she met on the trip over.
(b) In a missionary hostel.
(c) In a cheap hotel attached to a bar.
(d) In a doorway.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game do Olivia and Nawab play when he first takes her to the grove?

2. What does the narrator say she learns about the house where Olivia and Douglas used to live in the February 16th journal entry?

3. Who gives Olivia's letters to Marcia?

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

5. What does Chid wear?

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