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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 prompts the narrator to investigate the royal tomb on March 30th?
(a) Something in Olivia's letters.
(b) A loud groaning.
(c) A symbol she sees on the outside of the tomb.
(d) Something she read at the library.

2. Who awakens the narrator by screaming in the courtyard on March 9th?
(a) Ritu.
(b) A young girl she has never seen before.
(c) Inder Lal's youngest child.
(d) Inder Lal.

3. Where does the Nawab keep his pianos?
(a) In his private quarters.
(b) In the Grand Hall.
(c) In a beautiful conservatory with glass windows overlooking the garden.
(d) At the end of a log maze of halls and rooms.

4. What does Chid ask the narrator for in Section 21?
(a) Her journal.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Money.
(d) His drinking cup.

5. Who decides that Ritu will go on a pilgrimage?
(a) The village women.
(b) Ritu.
(c) Chid.
(d) Inder Lal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator think about Karim living in India?

2. Describe the pianos that the Nawab shows to Olivia.

3. Why does the narrator start sleeping in the outdoor courtyard with Inder Lal's family?

4. Who says she came to India to find peace, but only got dysentery?

5. What is the narrator called in Part 1 Section 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator feel upon discovering that she is pregnant?

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

3. How does Olivia feel about her pregnancy in Section 32?

4. What kind of a person is Chid when the narrator first meets him in Section 7?

5. Describe the narrator's first night, and impressions of, Bombay.

6. Why is the narrator motivated to travel to India?

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

8. Do you think Chid is a sadhu?

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

10. Why does the narrator write to Chid's family in Section 31?

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