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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator believe is the father of the pregnant person she learns about on July 31st?
(a) Inder Lal.
(b) The mango seller from the bazaar.
(c) A sudhu.
(d) Chid.

2. Where does the narrator go on her way to the bazaar on August 31st?
(a) To visit Ritu.
(b) To Maji's hut.
(c) To tie strings at the shrine.
(d) To the monsoon pond in the village center.

3. Who does the Nawab have a meeting with on the day that Olivia tells him that she is pregnant?
(a) Mr. Crawford.
(b) Major Minnies.
(c) The Begum's adviser.
(d) Douglas.

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

5. What does the narrator tell Inder Lal about her pregnancy upon Chid's return?
(a) That the child is Chid's.
(b) That she has had an abortion.
(c) Nothing.
(d) That the child is his.

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

7. How does the doctor at the hospital ward respond to Chid and the narrator?
(a) He avoids speaking to them at all.
(b) He seems angry and speaks to them like they are beneath him.
(c) He seems very curious about their relationship.
(d) He is eager to engage them in English conversations.

8. Describe Chid's health upon his August 15th return.
(a) He is constipated.
(b) He is constantly fatigued.
(c) He is ill.
(d) He is unable to eat solid foods.

9. How long does the narrator intend to stay at her proposed destination at the end of the story?
(a) Until her child is born.
(b) She doesn't know how long she will stay.
(c) Until she receives the ticket back to England.
(d) Until the next monsoon season.

10. Who warns Olivia that "they" only want to "you-know-what with a white woman"?
(a) Major Saunders.
(b) Douglas.
(c) Harry.
(d) Mrs. Saunders.

11. What does Maji offer the narrator in Section 33?
(a) A swimming outfit.
(b) An abortion inducing massage.
(c) A relaxing massage.
(d) Her hut.

12. Harry once again accompanies the Nawab to pick up Olivia after having been absent due to his illness. What does Olivia notice about his behavior on his first reappearance?
(a) That he seems nervous and tense.
(b) That he is eager to leave.
(c) That his energy is much lower than it used to be.
(d) That he is reluctant to leave.

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

14. What does the narrator say that Douglas's only son becomes when he grows up?
(a) A military soldier.
(b) A British ambassador.
(c) An antique dealer.
(d) A sadhu.

15. What does the narrator compare Maji to in her August 31st journal entry?
(a) A loving mother.
(b) A Hindu God.
(c) A desert flower.
(d) A bitter, but healing, medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the people at the hospital ward react to the narrator after she empties the bed pan of the man in the bed next to Chid?

2. In whose arms does the old beggar woman die?

3. Where does the narrator plan to go in Section 36?

4. What do the midwives discuss when Olivia first arrives?

5. How are Satipur and Ktahm described in Section 34?

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