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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator do on the way back to her room after learning of the pregnancy in Section 23?
(a) Skips through puddles.
(b) Buys a small gift at the bazaar.
(c) Convinces the person to keep the baby.
(d) Cries.

2. How does Inder Lal react to Chid's reappearance in Section 28?
(a) He is initially shy in Chid's presence.
(b) He is jealous of the time Chid spends with the narrator.
(c) He receives him like a long lost brother.
(d) He is angry at Chid for returning.

3. 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 his energy is much lower than it used to be.
(b) That he seems nervous and tense.
(c) That he is reluctant to leave.
(d) That he is eager to leave.

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

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

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

7. What does Dr. Saunders express after learning about Olivia's induced "miscarriage"?
(a) Concern.
(b) Sympathy.
(c) Disbelief.
(d) Disdain.

8. When does Olivia cease writing letters to Marcia?
(a) After she remarries.
(b) After she leaves Douglas.
(c) After she has a child.
(d) After the Nawab's death.

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

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

11. What does the narrator report in her August 31st journal entry?
(a) She has shaved her head.
(b) She is very ill.
(c) She is followed by a woman.
(d) She cannot eat mangoes without getting sick.

12. What environmental change is apparent in Section 32?
(a) Plants and crops are withering.
(b) The heavy dust is replaced by water.
(c) The monsoons have stopped.
(d) There are locusts everywhere.

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

14. How do the midwives perform Olivia's abortion?
(a) With alcohol and a pill.
(b) With black kohash.
(c) With a massage.
(d) With a sharp utensil and chloroform.

15. What does the person who interrupts Olivia's abortion do?
(a) Cries and begs.
(b) Takes her home.
(c) Looks into her eyes.
(d) Holds her tight.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who do Harry, the Nawab, and Olivia laugh at in Section 24?

3. How does Olivia feel about her pregnancy in Section 32?

4. Why does the narrator say she is anxious for the seasons to change at the end of the story?

5. How does Harry tell Olivia that the Nawab handles questions he does not wish to answer?

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