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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Olivia goes to have an abortion?
(a) She wears a burka and is led down a dark alley.
(b) She is met by an older woman who doesn't speak.
(c) She is stripped and covered with a sheet.
(d) She is blindfolded and taken to a small room.

2. 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.

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

4. 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 his.
(c) That the child is Chid's.
(d) Nothing.

5. What does Olivia mention about her piano playing in Section 26?
(a) That it seems to soothe the Nawab.
(b) That she hasn't played for a long time.
(c) That she has much improved.
(d) That she uses it as an outlet for her frustration.

6. Where do the narrator and Inder Lal go together in Section 25?
(a) To Baba Firdau's Shrine.
(b) To the Suttee Shrine.
(c) To a Hindu celebration.
(d) To a healer.

7. What does Olivia ask Harry to do in Section 32?
(a) Buy her a poultice at the bazaar.
(b) Ask the Begum about an abortion.
(c) Get her a ticket back to England.
(d) Convince the Nawab that the child is his.

8. What is noticeable about the beggar woman that the narrator notices and ends up helping?
(a) She is blind and wears a band over her eyes.
(b) She never speaks; she holds out her hands when hungry.
(c) She sings throughout the day to earn money from passersby.
(d) She is crippled and sits on a low platform with wheels.

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

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) At the place where she takes her clothes.
(d) Outside the house where Olivia used to live.

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

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

13. What does the Nawab joke about on the day that he and Olivia make love for the first time?
(a) Wives and widows.
(b) Husband's Wedding Day.
(c) A suttee death.
(d) Baba Firdau.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator report in her August 31st journal entry?

2. How are Olivia's visits to the palace affected after she tells the Nawab that she is pregnant?

3. Who does the narrator learn is pregnant on July 31st?

4. Why does Olivia ask Harry to do her the favor in Section 32?

5. What does Maji offer the narrator in Section 33?

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