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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator feel about her pregnancy when she visits Maji's hut?
(a) She ends up in a state of rapture.
(b) She is desperate to end it.
(c) She wants to share it with Inder Lal.
(d) She is uncertain about it.

2. What is true of the weather in Section 23?
(a) Constant rains make the streets too muddy to walk in.
(b) There are blue skies and no signs of rain.
(c) The heat has subsided and monsoon season has begun.
(d) The heat remains stifling.

3. What is one benefit of the hotter weather in Section 25?
(a) The mangoes are very sweet.
(b) The grove plants thrive.
(c) The merchants at the bazaar are lazy and offer deals.
(d) The palace opens a pool to the public.

4. Where does the narrator plan to go in Section 36?
(a) To Bombay.
(b) To visit Chid.
(c) To meet with a midwife in Satipur City.
(d) To an ashram in the mountains.

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

6. In Section 25, what happens between Inder Lal and the narrator on their outing together?
(a) They make love.
(b) They argue about Ritu.
(c) She kisses him and he leaves.
(d) She slaps him.

7. Who does Olivia first tell about her pregnancy?
(a) Harry.
(b) Douglas.
(c) The Begum.
(d) The Nawab.

8. What does the narrator tell Maji in the final section of the novel?
(a) She is leaving Satipur.
(b) Inder Lal is taking her on a trip.
(c) She wants to become a midwife.
(d) She is having pain in her belly.

9. How does Olivia feel about her pregnancy in Section 32?
(a) She wants to be pregnant, but feels her baby is not safe in India.
(b) She is sick daily, but still happy to be pregnant.
(c) She no longer wants to be pregnant.
(d) She feels her pregancy can heal her marriage.

10. Where does the narrator first notice the beggar woman in Section 23?
(a) By the suttee shrine.
(b) At the bazaar where she buys her food.
(c) Outside the house where Olivia used to live.
(d) At the place where she takes her clothes.

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

12. In Section 25, what do Inder Lal and the narrator do with the red strings?
(a) Tie them in the narrator's hair.
(b) Tie them to the lattice and make wishes.
(c) Tie them to the tree in the grove.
(d) Offer them to the healer.

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

14. What does the narrator reveal about Douglas' children in her August 20th journal entry?
(a) He has a son with Olivia and a daugther with Tessie.
(b) He has a daughter with Olivia and a son with Tessie.
(c) He has one son with Tessie and no other children.
(d) He has two children, but the mother is not mentioned

15. What does Maji say about the narrator's plans in the last section of the story?
(a) She disapproves, but says we create our own misery.
(b) She approves, but says the weather is not good.
(c) She disapproves and wants the narrator to change her mind.
(d) She approves and gives the narrator a gift to help her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the narrator and Inder Lal go together in Section 25?

2. 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?

3. Why does the narrator contact Chid's family?

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

5. What does Olivia mention about her piano playing in Section 26?

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