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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. 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 is for sale.
(c) It has been torn down.
(d) It is condemned.

2. What is the relationship between Tessie and Beth?
(a) They are bitter enemies.
(b) They are sisters.
(c) They are cousins.
(d) They are best friends.

3. What is true of Maji?
(a) She once lost a 5-year-old child.
(b) She has worked as a midwife.
(c) She wants a child.
(d) She dislikes Ritu.

4. What else do Olivia and the Nawab do together on the day they first make love?
(a) Pick mangoes and feed each other.
(b) Tie red strings and make wishes.
(c) Read poems to each other.
(d) Discuss naming the baby.

5. What is a sadhu?
(a) A tomb painting.
(b) A holy man.
(c) A blessing.
(d) An unforgivable sin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chid's chanting affect the narrator?

2. What best describes Chid as a houseguest?

3. What does the person who interrupts Olivia's abortion do?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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