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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 best describes the Nawab's palace during the narrator's first visit?
(a) Practically empty.
(b) Ornate and impressive.
(c) Bustling with activity.
(d) Gloomy and crumbling.

2. Who does the narrator discover when she investigates the royal tomb on March 30th?
(a) The angry English woman she met at the British bungalow.
(b) Inder Lal.
(c) Chid.
(d) Ritu.

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

4. Why does Harry return to the palace after staying with Olivia and Douglas for several days?
(a) The Nawab comes to get him.
(b) Olivia makes him leave.
(c) Douglas suspects he is having an affair with Olivia.
(d) He receives news that the Nawab is ill.

5. What does the narrator decide to discuss with Inder Lal after Ritu's screaming episode in her room?
(a) Evicting Chid.
(b) Psychiatric treatment.
(c) Having Ritu go to a hospital.
(d) Having Ritu stay with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What best describes the royal tombs visited by the narrator in Section 13?

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

3. What does Chid wear?

4. What is the Begum?

5. What paperwork does the narrator keep on her small desk in Part 1, Section 3?

(see the answer key)

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