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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Olivia plays the piano for the Nawab?
(a) He starts to sing.
(b) He loses interest and leaves.
(c) He sits down at the other piano and plays.
(d) He breaks down in tears.

2. Who recommended the treatment that Ritu is receiving that makes her scream?
(a) Chid.
(b) It is a common treatment in Satipur.
(c) Inder Lal's mother.
(d) A psychiatrist.

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

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

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

6. What best describes the natural elements in Satipur according to the narrator's April 25th journal entry?
(a) There is constant rain and a lack of sun.
(b) There are blooming flowers and gentle breezes.
(c) Plants and crops are dying.
(d) There are dust storms and hot winds.

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

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

9. Who goes with Ritu on her pilgrimage to the Himalayas?
(a) Inder Lal's mother and Chid.
(b) Maji and the narrator.
(c) The narrator and Chid.
(d) Inder Lal's mother and the narrator.

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

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

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

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

14. What does Olivia see in the room with the Nawab's pianos?
(a) A painting of herself.
(b) A child-size bicycle.
(c) Rusting camera equipment.
(d) A painting of his first wife.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the narrator and Chid appear in Satipur?

2. Why is the person the narrator discovers inside the royal tomb there, in Section 13?

3. Where is Ritu going on her pilgrimage?

4. What does the narrator say she learns about the house where Olivia and Douglas used to live in the February 16th journal entry?

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

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