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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Chid visits the narrator, what does she do with her papers?
(a) Burns them.
(b) Works on them.
(c) Reads them to him.
(d) Hides them.

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

3. What best describes the narrator's room when both Chid and Ritu are in it?
(a) It takes on a peace it did not have before.
(b) It sounds like a religious war.
(c) It is full of silent tension.
(d) It becomes a friendly haven for all three of them.

4. What does Harry tell the narrator and Mrs. Crawford about his mother in Section 15?
(a) She has special visions.
(b) She has dysentery.
(c) He visits her in Khatm every week.
(d) He wants to visit her but the Nawab won't permit it.

5. What does Chid ask the narrator for in Section 21?
(a) Money.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Her journal.
(d) His drinking cup.

6. What does Inder Lal's mother do to calm the screaming person in the courtyard the night of March 9th?
(a) Slaps the person in the face.
(b) Sings and rocks the person back to sleep.
(c) Gives the person a ginger and honey tea.
(d) Sprinkles rice and utters incantations.

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

8. What do Olivia and Douglas argue about when the prince extends a second visit to the palace?
(a) The fact that the Crawfords are not invited.
(b) What to bring to the prince.
(c) The fact that the Minnies are not invited.
(d) If it's appropriate to go during a holy time.

9. What prompts the narrator to investigate the royal tomb on March 30th?
(a) Something in Olivia's letters.
(b) A symbol she sees on the outside of the tomb.
(c) A loud groaning.
(d) Something she read at the library.

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

11. Describe the pianos that the Nawab shows to Olivia.
(a) One is black and the other is white.
(b) Both are well-maintained.
(c) One is a baby grand, the other is a child-sized spinnet.
(d) Both are in disrepair.

12. What does Harry tell the narrator when she asks him for news on Khatm when he visits in Section 16?
(a) That he lives in the palace and nothing happens there.
(b) That his mother lives in Khatm.
(c) That she shouldn't ask so many questions.
(d) That Khatm should be burned to the ground.

13. Where is Baba Firdau's shrine?
(a) Next to the suttee shrine.
(b) In Satipur.
(c) On palace grounds.
(d) In Khatm.

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

15. What happens when Ritu visits the narrator in her room after she tries unsuccessfully to throw Chid out of her room?
(a) Ritu and Chid fight.
(b) Ritu curls up in a corner and starts shrieking.
(c) Ritus starts chanting with Chid.
(d) Chid seems to calm Ritu.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the narrator say she is staying in her February 16th entry?

3. Why is Ritu sent on a pilgrimage?

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

5. What best describes Chid as a houseguest?

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