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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Olivia want to consult Dr. Saunders in Section 24?
(a) She wants Douglas to see the doctor because she is not pregnant.
(b) For Harry, and because she thinks she is pregnant.
(c) For Harry, and because she's not pregnant.
(d) She wants him to prevent her from getting pregnant.

9. 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.

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

11. 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) They act as if she is unclean.
(c) The women treat her kindly, but the men ignore her.
(d) The men treat her kindly, but the women talk behind her back.

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

13. Why, in Section 24, does Olivia cease to hurry home after her visits to the palace?
(a) Douglas keeps longer hours at the office.
(b) Douglas goes to the pub after work.
(c) Douglas believes she is visiting the library.
(d) Douglas goes to a men's club after work.

14. On the first day after Harry's recovery that he accompanies the Nawab to pick up Olivia, where do Olivia and the Nawab go?
(a) To the palace garden.
(b) To a celebration for the fertility goddess.
(c) To a banquet in the Nawab's honor.
(d) To Baba Firdau's Shrine and the grove.

15. With whom does Olivia spend her Sundays?
(a) Beth Crawford.
(b) Douglas.
(c) Harry.
(d) The Nawab.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is different about Chid when he returns on August 15th?

2. Where does the narrator say that Douglas's only son grows up?

3. How does Olivia feel about the fact that she is not yet pregnant in Section 22?

4. What does Chid say is wrong with him when he is in the hospital ward?

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

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