View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Harry return to the palace after staying with Olivia and Douglas for several days?
(a) Olivia makes him leave.
(b) The Nawab comes to get him.
(c) He receives news that the Nawab is ill.
(d) Douglas suspects he is having an affair with Olivia.

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

3. Why does Major Minnies consider "Husband's Wedding Day" a problem?
(a) There are too many people in a small space.
(b) There is conflict between the Hindus and the Muslims.
(c) The Nawab promotes anti-English sentiment on this day.
(d) The Nawab encourages fighting on this day.

4. Why was Baba Firdau's shrine built?
(a) To honor one who gave shelter to an ancestor of the Nawab.
(b) To grant fertility to the Nawab and his wife.
(c) To bless the harvest.
(d) To honor the Nawab's great grandmother.

5. Why does Harry tell the narrator and Mrs. Crawford that he has only been to the Nawab's mountain chalet once?
(a) The Begum doesn't like it.
(b) The fire made it unlivable.
(c) It holds bitter memories for the Nawab.
(d) He was forbidden to return after that first visit.

6. Why does the Nawab tell Douglas he is visiting on the day that Douglas arrives home during one of the Nawab's regular visits to Olivia?
(a) To offer a traditional prayer of welcome for their home.
(b) To congratulate Douglas for the way he handled a recent death.
(c) To invite Douglas to work in the palace.
(d) To invite Douglas and Olivia to a dinner in their honor.

7. Where does the narrator say she is staying in her February 16th entry?
(a) In a room above the saloon.
(b) In the A's Hotel.
(c) In Marcia's small hut outside of Satipur.
(d) In a room above a cloth shop.

8. 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 has been torn down.
(b) It houses a post office substation.
(c) It is condemned.
(d) It is for sale.

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

10. What does the narrator decide to discuss with Inder Lal after Ritu's screaming episode in her room?
(a) Evicting Chid.
(b) Having Ritu stay with her.
(c) Having Ritu go to a hospital.
(d) Psychiatric treatment.

11. Who volunteers to take the narrator to the Nawab's palace in Khatm for the first time?
(a) Douglas.
(b) Inder Lal.
(c) Harry.
(d) Mr. Crawford.

12. Where does Chid recover from his fever?
(a) In the royal tomb.
(b) In the narrator's room.
(c) In Inder Lal's home.
(d) In the suttee shrine.

13. Why does the narrator say she buys Indian clothing after settling into her new place in Satipur?
(a) It is feminine and alluring.
(b) She wants to fit in.
(c) It is cheaper and cooler.
(d) Her suitcase of clothing is stolen.

14. How does Olivia feel when she is first invited to visit the Nawab's palace with Douglas in 1923?
(a) She is excited to talk to Mrs. Crawford and other women.
(b) She is intimidated by the idea of meeting royalty.
(c) She dreads spending time with stuffy government types.
(d) She is excited to show off her dress and jewels.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe the pianos that the Nawab shows to Olivia.

2. What does Olivia see in the room with the Nawab's pianos?

3. Who recommended the treatment that Ritu is receiving that makes her scream?

4. What best describes the natural elements in Satipur according to the narrator's April 25th journal entry?

5. Who is the recipient of Olivia's letters that are in the narrator's possession?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 736 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample