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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator think about Karim living in India?
(a) She thinks he is too materialistic to live in India.
(b) She thinks he is too sickly to live in India.
(c) She doesn't understand why he doesn't come to India.
(d) She can't imagine him living in India.

2. Who tells the narrator that nothing human is important in India?
(a) Marcia.
(b) The hotel owner.
(c) A missionary.
(d) Tessie.

3. According to the narrator's first journal entry, where does she spend her first night in Bombay?
(a) In a cheap hotel attached to a bar.
(b) With a woman she met on the trip over.
(c) In a doorway.
(d) In a missionary hostel.

4. Where does the narrator say she is staying in her February 16th entry?
(a) In a room above the saloon.
(b) In a room above a cloth shop.
(c) In Marcia's small hut outside of Satipur.
(d) In the A's Hotel.

5. Why does Major Minnies consider "Husband's Wedding Day" a problem?
(a) The Nawab encourages fighting on this day.
(b) There is conflict between the Hindus and the Muslims.
(c) The Nawab promotes anti-English sentiment on this day.
(d) There are too many people in a small space.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the narrator and Chid appear in Satipur?

2. What does Olivia see in the room with the Nawab's pianos?

3. Why does Harry return to the palace after staying with Olivia and Douglas for several days?

4. What does Harry tell the narrator when she asks him for news on Khatm when he visits in Section 16?

5. What best describes the narrator's morning routine at her room in Satipur?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Husband's Wedding Day significant to the narrator in Section 15?

2. What do Douglas and the Nawab represent in Section 16?

3. Why does Inder Lal's mother take Ritu on the pilgrimage?

4. Why don't Ritu's screams in Section 18 bother Chid?

5. What does Inder Lal think of India?

6. Explain how Olivia reveals the details of her pregnancy to the possible fathers.

7. Describe a typical day for the narrator, according to her March 8th journal entry.

8. What does the narrator reveal about Douglas's life in Section 30?

9. Describe Chid's transformation in Section 28.

10. Describe the narrator's clothing and her reasons for choosing them in Section 4.

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