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

2. What best describes the royal tombs visited by the narrator in Section 13?
(a) Simple and peaceful.
(b) Crumbling to the ground.
(c) Enclosed by arches and dark.
(d) Gilt with gold and very ornate.

3. What is the Begum?
(a) The tree outside of Mrs. Saunders' window.
(b) The Indian term for an English woman's gloves.
(c) The Nawab's mother.
(d) A traditional Indian game.

4. Whose father died from a stroke when he was only 15?
(a) Mr. Saunders.
(b) Douglas.
(c) The Nawab.
(d) Mr. Crawford.

5. How does Olivia feel when she is first invited to visit the Nawab's palace with Douglas in 1923?
(a) She dreads spending time with stuffy government types.
(b) She is excited to talk to Mrs. Crawford and other women.
(c) She is excited to show off her dress and jewels.
(d) She is intimidated by the idea of meeting royalty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maji say will happen after the pilgrimage party reaches the tree line of the mountain base?

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

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

4. What prompts the narrator to investigate the royal tomb on March 30th?

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

(see the answer key)

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