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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. What game do Olivia and Nawab play when he first takes her to the grove?
(a) Musical chairs.
(b) Hide and go seek.
(c) Charades.
(d) The Begum.

2. Who decides that Ritu will go on a pilgrimage?
(a) Ritu.
(b) Inder Lal.
(c) The village women.
(d) Chid.

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

4. What do the narrator and the person or people who accompany her on Husband's Wedding Day do once they are there?
(a) Help older widows.
(b) Share food and have a good time.
(c) Dance, drink and listen to poems about Baba Firdau.
(d) Sing and pray.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who awakens the narrator by screaming in the courtyard on March 9th?

2. How do Ritu's screams affect Chid?

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

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

5. Where is Baba Firdau's shrine?

(see the answer key)

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