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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the beggar woman who the narrator brings to the hospital living on the streets?
(a) No one knows where she comes from.
(b) She was evicted by her family after her husband died.
(c) Her husband divorced her and kicked her out of the home.
(d) She has no remaining relatives.

2. Who becomes Douglas's second wife?
(a) Mrs. Saunders' cousin.
(b) Harry's cousin.
(c) Marcia's sister.
(d) Beth's sister.

3. Where do Olivia and Douglas go when they walk together in the evenings?
(a) To the graveyard.
(b) To the nearby shrine.
(c) To the village center.
(d) To the church garden.

4. Why does Olivia ask Harry to do her the favor in Section 32?
(a) This is the first time she is worried about the baby's appearance.
(b) She wants to have the baby away from both men.
(c) She wants the Begum to embrace her child.
(d) She wants to cure her morning sickness.

5. What does Olivia ask Harry to do in Section 32?
(a) Ask the Begum about an abortion.
(b) Buy her a poultice at the bazaar.
(c) Convince the Nawab that the child is his.
(d) Get her a ticket back to England.

6. What else do Olivia and the Nawab do together on the day they first make love?
(a) Discuss naming the baby.
(b) Tie red strings and make wishes.
(c) Read poems to each other.
(d) Pick mangoes and feed each other.

7. Who interrupts Olivia's abortion?
(a) The Nawab.
(b) Douglas.
(c) The Begum.
(d) Dr. Saunders.

8. Why does the narrator say she is anxious for the seasons to change at the end of the story?
(a) To have her child.
(b) To grow some food.
(c) To begin climbing.
(d) To start a new chapter in her life.

9. How does Harry tell Olivia that the Nawab handles questions he does not wish to answer?
(a) He laughs at the questioner and then the questions.
(b) He remains silent.
(c) He answers the question with a question.
(d) He turns the question into an accusation of the questioner.

10. Where does Olivia go after her abortion?
(a) To the hospital.
(b) To England.
(c) To the palace.
(d) To her home.

11. How are Satipur and Ktahm described in Section 34?
(a) Stuffy.
(b) Crowded.
(c) Bustling.
(d) Slummy.

12. What is true of Maji?
(a) She wants a child.
(b) She has worked as a midwife.
(c) She dislikes Ritu.
(d) She once lost a 5-year-old child.

13. Where does the narrator say that Douglas's only son grows up?
(a) In India and England.
(b) In England and America.
(c) In Satipur City.
(d) With Olivia in a Himalayan town.

14. When is the first time that Olivia calls the Nawab by his name?
(a) When they add 3 red ribbons to the shrine.
(b) After he tells her that he is glad she is pregnant.
(c) When they play the piano duet.
(d) Just before she tells him about her pregnancy.

15. On the first day after Harry's recovery that he accompanies the Nawab to pick up Olivia, where do Olivia and the Nawab go?
(a) To a banquet in the Nawab's honor.
(b) To Baba Firdau's Shrine and the grove.
(c) To the palace garden.
(d) To a celebration for the fertility goddess.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the midwives perform Olivia's abortion?

2. Describe Chid's health upon his August 15th return.

3. What does the narrator report in her August 31st journal entry?

4. What does the narrator do on the way back to her room after learning of the pregnancy in Section 23?

5. Where is Chid at the end of Section 30?

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