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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. Why does Olivia want to consult Dr. Saunders in Section 24?
(a) She wants Douglas to see the doctor because she is not pregnant.
(b) For Harry, and because she thinks she is pregnant.
(c) She wants him to prevent her from getting pregnant.
(d) For Harry, and because she's not pregnant.

2. According to Olivia's letters, where do Mrs. Crawford and Mrs. Minnies go together in 1923?
(a) England.
(b) Simla.
(c) France.
(d) Ktahm.

3. What is a sadhu?
(a) A tomb painting.
(b) A holy man.
(c) A blessing.
(d) An unforgivable sin.

4. What does Harry tell the narrator when she asks him for news on Khatm when he visits in Section 16?
(a) That Khatm should be burned to the ground.
(b) That his mother lives in Khatm.
(c) That he lives in the palace and nothing happens there.
(d) That she shouldn't ask so many questions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the beggar woman who the narrator brings to the hospital living on the streets?

2. What best describes the narrator's room when both Chid and Ritu are in it?

3. Who warns Olivia that "they" only want to "you-know-what with a white woman"?

4. What do the narrator and the person or people who accompany her on Husband's Wedding Day do once they are there?

5. What does the narrator receive from Chid in Section 21?

(see the answer key)

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