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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. Why does Inder Lal say that he agreed to the treatment that Ritu receives?
(a) It is good for her soul.
(b) He meditated on the problem and believes this is the best course of action.
(c) The person recommending it healed with this treatment.
(d) Nothing else has worked.

2. Why won't the narrator have sex with Chid in Section 17?
(a) She decides that it brings her misery.
(b) Sex has become painful for her.
(c) It's too hot and he does not bathe.
(d) She is mad at him.

3. What does Olivia see in the room with the Nawab's pianos?
(a) A child-size bicycle.
(b) A painting of herself.
(c) Rusting camera equipment.
(d) A painting of his first wife.

4. Why does Inder Lal tell the narrator that his mother selected Ritu as his wife?
(a) She has all her teeth.
(b) She brought a good dowry.
(c) She can read and write.
(d) She is uneducated.

5. Who does the narrator discover when she investigates the royal tomb on March 30th?
(a) The angry English woman she met at the British bungalow.
(b) Inder Lal.
(c) Chid.
(d) Ritu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say she learns about the house where Olivia and Douglas used to live in the February 16th journal entry?

2. What does Chid do when someone gives him a guava or a banana?

3. Why does Major Minnies consider "Husband's Wedding Day" a problem?

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

5. Who tells the narrator that nothing human is important in India?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Chid's health in Section 30.

5. Is Maji sympathetic to the narrator?

6. Describe Maji.

7. Describe Dr. Saunders' opinion of Olivia in Section 35.

8. Describe the seasonal changes and its relationship to the story in Section 32.

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

10. What is the wish that the narrator makes with the red strings, and why?

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