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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Olivia feel about the fact that she is not yet pregnant in Section 22?
(a) Relieved, as she wants to leave Douglas.
(b) Concerned, because she is afraid there is something wrong with her.
(c) Disappointed, because she wants children.
(d) Relieved; she never really wanted to have children.

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

6. 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?
(a) They treat her with more respect.
(b) The women treat her kindly, but the men ignore her.
(c) The men treat her kindly, but the women talk behind her back.
(d) They act as if she is unclean.

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

8. Where is Chid at the end of Section 30?
(a) He is back at the narrator's room.
(b) He has left, but no one knows where he is.
(c) Dead, and his body awaits cremation.
(d) In the hospital ward.

9. What is different about Chid when he returns on August 15th?
(a) He is a father.
(b) He is married.
(c) He is crippled.
(d) He is a Christian.

10. What do the midwives discuss when Olivia first arrives?
(a) A fighting husband and wife.
(b) An uncontrollable child.
(c) A collapsing house.
(d) A devastated mango grove.

11. What do the narrator and Inder Lal do together in Section 25?
(a) Pick mangoes.
(b) Have a picnic.
(c) Collect seeds for planting.
(d) Buy medicine for Ritu.

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

13. What does Olivia seem to feel about determining the father of her child in Section 29?
(a) She hopes it is Douglas.
(b) Unconcerned.
(c) She hopes it is the Nawab.
(d) Worried.

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

15. Where does the narrator take a room in the final chapter?
(a) In the mountain house where Olivia last lived.
(b) In Maji's hut.
(c) In town X, in the Himalayas.
(d) In her grandmother's town.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the doctor at the hospital ward respond to Chid and the narrator?

2. What is true of the schedule that Olivia and Douglas keep in Section 24?

3. Who does the narrator believe is the father of the pregnant person she learns about on July 31st?

4. What happens when Olivia goes to have an abortion?

5. On the first day after Harry's recovery that he accompanies the Nawab to pick up Olivia, where do Olivia and the Nawab go?

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