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

2. What does the narrator say she learns about the house where Olivia and Douglas used to live in the February 16th journal entry?
(a) It houses a post office substation.
(b) It has been torn down.
(c) It is for sale.
(d) It is condemned.

3. Who warns Olivia that "they" only want to "you-know-what with a white woman"?
(a) Mrs. Saunders.
(b) Douglas.
(c) Harry.
(d) Major Saunders.

4. Who does the narrator say her grandmother is in the first section of the novel?
(a) Marcia.
(b) Olivia.
(c) Tessie.
(d) Beth.

5. How does Chid explain Ritu's screams?
(a) He says she is being treated with red hot irons on her hands and feet.
(b) He says she is being treated by special infusions of a certain drug.
(c) He says this is the best path for her to find enlightenment.
(d) He says this is her punishment for her sins.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With whom does Olivia spend her Sundays?

3. Why was Baba Firdau's shrine built?

4. What best describes the narrator's morning routine at her room in Satipur?

5. What is a sadhu?

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