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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do the townspeople treat Chid?
(a) With disdain.
(b) With respect.
(c) With fear.
(d) With curiosity.

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

4. Why does the narrator tell Inder Lal that she is in India (other than for Olivia's letters)?
(a) To escape the materialism of the West.
(b) To find herself.
(c) To pursue a dream.
(d) To build a future.

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

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

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

8. Who awakens the narrator by screaming in the courtyard on March 9th?
(a) Ritu.
(b) A young girl she has never seen before.
(c) Inder Lal's youngest child.
(d) Inder Lal.

9. Who visits Olivia four days after she and Douglas attend their first dinner party at the palace?
(a) Mrs. Crawford.
(b) Mr. Crawford.
(c) Major Minnies.
(d) The Nawab.

10. What do Karim and his friends think about the narrator's plans to visit India?
(a) That a Westerner won't last for a month.
(b) That she will fit in effortlessly.
(c) That modern India is an impossible place to live.
(d) That she will find the answers she is seeking.

11. How does the narrator describe Chid?
(a) He carries an aura of danger.
(b) He's a bit of calm in a storm of chaos.
(c) He's seeking for answers.
(d) He's always hungry for sleep and sex.

12. What does the narrator receive from Chid in Section 21?
(a) A plant.
(b) Letters.
(c) A robe.
(d) Money.

13. What is the narrator called in Part 1 Section 4?
(a) Sass.
(b) Begum.
(c) Hirja.
(d) Nawab.

14. What does Chid wear?
(a) A beggar's badge.
(b) A soldier's uniform.
(c) An orange Indian ascetic's robe.
(d) A very worn straw farmer's hat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chid explain Ritu's screams?

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

3. What does Chid do when someone gives him a guava or a banana?

4. What game do Olivia and Nawab play when he first takes her to the grove?

5. What does Chid ask the narrator for in Section 21?

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