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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 12 Section 35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Ritu going on her pilgrimage?
(a) To the River of Tears.
(b) To a shrine for sick women.
(c) To the Himalayas.
(d) To an ashram near Bombay.

2. What is learned about Chid's separation from Ritu on her pilgrimage when he returns to the narrator's room without her?
(a) Chid left them at a shrine when he converted.
(b) Nothing is revealed.
(c) Chid abandoned the women halfway there.
(d) That they were attacked and separated.

3. Where do Olivia and Douglas go when they walk together in the evenings?
(a) To the village center.
(b) To the church garden.
(c) To the nearby shrine.
(d) To the graveyard.

4. What does the narrator tell Inder Lal about her pregnancy upon Chid's return?
(a) That the child is Chid's.
(b) That she has had an abortion.
(c) That the child is his.
(d) Nothing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Inder Lal say that he agreed to the treatment that Ritu receives?

2. Where does the narrator say that Douglas's only son grows up?

3. Why does the narrator start sleeping in the outdoor courtyard with Inder Lal's family?

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

5. Who interrupts Olivia's abortion?

(see the answer key)

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