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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. What does the Nawab joke about on the day that he and Olivia make love for the first time?
(a) Wives and widows.
(b) Baba Firdau.
(c) Husband's Wedding Day.
(d) A suttee death.

2. Who does the narrator discover when she investigates the royal tomb on March 30th?
(a) Chid.
(b) The angry English woman she met at the British bungalow.
(c) Ritu.
(d) Inder Lal.

3. In Section 25, what happens between Inder Lal and the narrator on their outing together?
(a) She kisses him and he leaves.
(b) She slaps him.
(c) They make love.
(d) They argue about Ritu.

4. What does Olivia mention about her piano playing in Section 26?
(a) That she uses it as an outlet for her frustration.
(b) That she hasn't played for a long time.
(c) That she has much improved.
(d) That it seems to soothe the Nawab.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a suttee?

3. What is learned about Chid's separation from Ritu on her pilgrimage when he returns to the narrator's room without her?

4. What topic do Olivia and Douglas start to discuss during her growing friendship with the Nawab?

5. What is true of Maji?

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