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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 9 Section 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who tells the narrator the old beggar woman's name?
(a) The laundry woman.
(b) Ruti.
(c) Maji.
(d) Inder Lal's mother.

3. What does Chid ask the narrator for in Section 21?
(a) Her journal.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Money.
(d) His drinking cup.

4. What accounts for the intensely hot weather in Section 25?
(a) The drought.
(b) The lack of cloud cover.
(c) The way the valley holds the heat.
(d) The coming monsoons.

5. What is the narrator called in Part 1 Section 4?
(a) Hirja.
(b) Begum.
(c) Nawab.
(d) Sass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What best describes the Nawab's palace during the narrator's first visit?

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

3. What is the religious significance of Baba Firdau's shrine?

4. Why doesn't Harry take the berth that Douglas has arranged for him?

5. Why does the narrator tell Inder Lal that she is in India (other than for Olivia's letters)?

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