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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 paperwork does the narrator keep on her small desk in Part 1, Section 3?
(a) Her journal, Tessie's diary and a Hindi grammar book.
(b) Olivia's letters and the map to the palace.
(c) Olivia's letters, her journal and a Hindi grammar book.
(d) Olivia's letters, her journal and a guide to India.

2. Who recommended the treatment that Ritu is receiving that makes her scream?
(a) A psychiatrist.
(b) Chid.
(c) Inder Lal's mother.
(d) It is a common treatment in Satipur.

3. What does Chid do when someone gives him a guava or a banana?
(a) Eats it himself and leaves the peel on the floor.
(b) Gives profuse thanks and then gives it to a hungry child.
(c) Shares it with the narrator.
(d) Hoards it near his sleeping mat.

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

5. Where does Chid recover from his fever?
(a) In the narrator's room.
(b) In the suttee shrine.
(c) In Inder Lal's home.
(d) In the royal tomb.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Olivia feel when she is first invited to visit the Nawab's palace with Douglas in 1923?

3. Who accompanies the narrator to Husband's Wedding Day?

4. What best describes Chid as a houseguest?

5. Where does the Nawab keep his pianos?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Douglas accept the Nawab's presence in his home so readily in Section 12?

2. How do Ritu's screams and Chid's chants affect the narrator in Section17?

3. How do Inder Lal and the narrator become closer at their visit to the Nawab's palace?

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

5. Why does Olivia write to Marcia in Section 16?

6. Is Chid a tolerant person?

7. Describe Chid's appearance when the narrator finds him in the royal tomb.

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

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

10. Is Mrs. Saunders aware of Olivia's relationship with the Nawab in Section 24?

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