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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Section 25, what do Inder Lal and the narrator do with the red strings?
(a) Tie them in the narrator's hair.
(b) Offer them to the healer.
(c) Tie them to the tree in the grove.
(d) Tie them to the lattice and make wishes.

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

3. Why is the beggar woman who the narrator brings to the hospital living on the streets?
(a) She has no remaining relatives.
(b) No one knows where she comes from.
(c) Her husband divorced her and kicked her out of the home.
(d) She was evicted by her family after her husband died.

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

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

6. Who do Harry, the Nawab, and Olivia laugh at in Section 24?
(a) Mrs. Saunders.
(b) Douglas.
(c) Major Minnies.
(d) Dr. Saunders.

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

8. In Section 25, what happens between Inder Lal and the narrator on their outing together?
(a) They make love.
(b) She slaps him.
(c) They argue about Ritu.
(d) She kisses him and he leaves.

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

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 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.

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

12. Where does the narrator go on her way to the bazaar on August 31st?
(a) To Maji's hut.
(b) To the monsoon pond in the village center.
(c) To tie strings at the shrine.
(d) To visit Ritu.

13. 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 seems angry and speaks to them like they are beneath him.
(c) He seems very curious about their relationship.
(d) He avoids speaking to them at all.

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

15. 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 wants to share it with Inder Lal.
(c) She is desperate to end it.
(d) She is uncertain about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why, in Section 24, does Olivia cease to hurry home after her visits to the palace?

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

3. What do Harry and Olivia quarrel about in Section 22?

4. What does Maji say about the narrator's plans in the last section of the story?

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

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