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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. In Section 25, what do Inder Lal and the narrator do with the red strings?
(a) Tie them in the narrator's hair.
(b) Tie them to the tree in the grove.
(c) Offer them to the healer.
(d) Tie them to the lattice and make wishes.

2. Where is Baba Firdau's shrine?
(a) In Khatm.
(b) On palace grounds.
(c) Next to the suttee shrine.
(d) In Satipur.

3. Where does the narrator say that Douglas's only son grows up?
(a) In India and England.
(b) In Satipur City.
(c) With Olivia in a Himalayan town.
(d) In England and America.

4. Why does Inder Lal say that he agreed to the treatment that Ritu receives?
(a) Nothing else has worked.
(b) He meditated on the problem and believes this is the best course of action.
(c) It is good for her soul.
(d) The person recommending it healed with this treatment.

5. What does Chid do when someone gives him a guava or a banana?
(a) Eats it himself and leaves the peel on the floor.
(b) Shares it with the narrator.
(c) Hoards it near his sleeping mat.
(d) Gives profuse thanks and then gives it to a hungry child.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Olivia mention about her piano playing in Section 26?

4. How does the narrator describe her relationship with her grandfather?

5. What is true of the schedule that Olivia and Douglas keep in Section 24?

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