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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 topic do Olivia and Douglas start to discuss during her growing friendship with the Nawab?
(a) Separation.
(b) Returning to England.
(c) Having children.
(d) Adopting an Indian child.

2. Who accompanies the narrator to the royal tombs in Section 13?
(a) Chid.
(b) Ritu.
(c) Inder Lal.
(d) Inder Lal's mother.

3. How does Chid explain Ritu's screams?
(a) He says she is being treated with red hot irons on her hands and feet.
(b) He says this is her punishment for her sins.
(c) He says she is being treated by special infusions of a certain drug.
(d) He says this is the best path for her to find enlightenment.

4. Who befriends the narrator and gets her good deals at the bazaar in Section 11?
(a) Inder Lal.
(b) Inder Lal's mother.
(c) The tall woman who sells fruit.
(d) Ritu.

5. According to Olivia's letters, where do Mrs. Crawford and Mrs. Minnies go together in 1923?
(a) France.
(b) Ktahm.
(c) England.
(d) Simla.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator explain her spiritual calling to Inder Lal?

2. According to the narrator's first journal entry, where does she spend her first night in Bombay?

3. What does Chid wear?

4. Whose father died from a stroke when he was only 15?

5. Who awakens the narrator by screaming in the courtyard on March 9th?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is the narrator helping Chid when she lets him stay with her in Section 14?

2. What does Inder Lal think of India?

3. Describe Harry's argument with Olivia in Section 22.

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

5. Describe the beggar the narrator notices and helps in Section 23.

6. Explain the importance of the piano in Section 20.

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

8. Is the narrator's decision to stay in India indicative of her approval or disapproval of Olivia's life and decisions?

9. Explain the phrase, "Things get mixed up in India."

10. Describe Chid's health in Section 30.

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