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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5 Section 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Maji say it will take Ritu to reach the destination on the pilgrimage?
(a) A year and a day.
(b) A matter of days.
(c) Weeks and months of traveling.
(d) 42 days.

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

3. How do the narrator and Chid appear in Satipur?
(a) They are ignored and treated like ghosts.
(b) They blend in.
(c) They stand out.
(d) They are revered like prophets.

4. What does the palace watchman give to the narrator?
(a) Rock sugar and flower petals.
(b) Mango leaves.
(c) The rupees she drops on the way in.
(d) A key.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was Baba Firdau's shrine built?

3. Why does the narrator say she buys Indian clothing after settling into her new place in Satipur?

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

5. What do Olivia and Douglas argue about when the prince extends a second visit to the palace?

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