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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 10 Section 30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, at the Crawford's dinner party, that if a woman wants to throw her life away for her religion it is her choice?
(a) Olivia.
(b) Douglas.
(c) Mrs. Saunders.
(d) Major Minnies.

2. Where is Chid at the end of Section 30?
(a) He has left, but no one knows where he is.
(b) Dead, and his body awaits cremation.
(c) He is back at the narrator's room.
(d) In the hospital ward.

3. What does Harry tell the narrator and Mrs. Crawford about his mother in Section 15?
(a) He visits her in Khatm every week.
(b) She has dysentery.
(c) She has special visions.
(d) He wants to visit her but the Nawab won't permit it.

4. Where does the narrator first notice the beggar woman in Section 23?
(a) At the bazaar where she buys her food.
(b) Outside the house where Olivia used to live.
(c) By the suttee shrine.
(d) At the place where she takes her clothes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who offers to perform an abortion for the pregnant person on July 31st?

2. Who gives Olivia's letters to Marcia?

3. Who does the narrator say her grandmother is in the first section of the novel?

4. What happens when Ritu visits the narrator in her room after she tries unsuccessfully to throw Chid out of her room?

5. Why doesn't Harry pick Olivia up anymore in Section 22?

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