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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is learned about Chid's separation from Ritu on her pilgrimage when he returns to the narrator's room without her?
(a) Nothing is revealed.
(b) Chid left them at a shrine when he converted.
(c) Chid abandoned the women halfway there.
(d) That they were attacked and separated.

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

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

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

5. In whose arms does the old beggar woman die?
(a) Inder Lal's mother's.
(b) Ruti's.
(c) Maji's.
(d) The narrator's.

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

7. Who does the narrator learn is pregnant on July 31st?
(a) Herself.
(b) Maji.
(c) Inder Lal's niece.
(d) Ritu.

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

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

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

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

12. What do Harry and Olivia quarrel about in Section 22?
(a) Harry wants Olivia to run away with him.
(b) Olivia believes that Harry is going to tell Douglas about the time she spends with the Nawab.
(c) Harry says Olivia shouldn't visit the palace.
(d) Harry wants Olivia to tell Douglas about her time with the Nawab.

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

14. How does the Nawab die?
(a) He kills himself.
(b) He has a stroke.
(c) He is assassinated.
(d) He drowns.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What accounts for the intensely hot weather in Section 25?

3. In Section 25, what happens between Inder Lal and the narrator on their outing together?

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

5. In Section 25, what do Inder Lal and the narrator do with the red strings?

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