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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What paperwork does the narrator keep on her small desk in Part 1, Section 3?
(a) Olivia's letters and the map to the palace.
(b) Olivia's letters, her journal and a guide to India.
(c) Her journal, Tessie's diary and a Hindi grammar book.
(d) Olivia's letters, her journal and a Hindi grammar book.

2. Who accompanies the narrator to the royal tombs in Section 13?
(a) Inder Lal.
(b) Inder Lal's mother.
(c) Ritu.
(d) Chid.

3. Who does the narrator say her grandmother is in the first section of the novel?
(a) Tessie.
(b) Beth.
(c) Marcia.
(d) Olivia.

4. Who says she came to India to find peace, but only got dysentery?
(a) The wife of the major at the Nawab's dinner party.
(b) Mrs. Saunders.
(c) An English girl the narrator meets at an old bungalow.
(d) Beth Crawford.

5. Who tells the narrator that nothing human is important in India?
(a) A missionary.
(b) Marcia.
(c) Tessie.
(d) The hotel owner.

6. What best describes the Nawab's palace during the narrator's first visit?
(a) Practically empty.
(b) Bustling with activity.
(c) Ornate and impressive.
(d) Gloomy and crumbling.

7. How do Ritu's screams affect Chid?
(a) He cries and chants.
(b) He is unaffected.
(c) He goes to her side to try and calm her immediately.
(d) He covers his ears and tells her to shut up.

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

9. According to Olivia's letters, where do Mrs. Crawford and Mrs. Minnies go together in 1923?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Ktahm.
(d) Simla.

10. Who decides that Ritu will go on a pilgrimage?
(a) Inder Lal.
(b) Ritu.
(c) The village women.
(d) Chid.

11. 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.

12. What does Maji say will happen after the pilgrimage party reaches the tree line of the mountain base?
(a) Some will faint with joy.
(b) They will do a dance to thank the good spirits.
(c) Ritu will proceed on her own.
(d) Ritu's healing will begin.

13. How does the narrator describe Baba Firdau's shrine?
(a) It is full of phallic symbols and fertility icons.
(b) It is simple and radiates peace.
(c) She never sees it.
(d) Poorly maintained.

14. What best describes Chid as a houseguest?
(a) Lazy and messy.
(b) Quiet as a mouse.
(c) Noisy and clumsy.
(d) Helpful and unobtrusive.

15. What game do Olivia and Nawab play when he first takes her to the grove?
(a) Hide and go seek.
(b) Musical chairs.
(c) Charades.
(d) The Begum.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who visits Olivia four days after she and Douglas attend their first dinner party at the palace?

2. According to the narrator's first journal entry, where does she spend her first night in Bombay?

3. What does Inder Lal's mother do to calm the screaming person in the courtyard the night of March 9th?

4. What best describes the narrator's morning routine at her room in Satipur?

5. Who does the narrator discover when she investigates the royal tomb on March 30th?

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