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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. How do the narrator and Chid appear in Satipur?
(a) They stand out.
(b) They blend in.
(c) They are revered like prophets.
(d) They are ignored and treated like ghosts.

2. Whose father died from a stroke when he was only 15?
(a) The Nawab.
(b) Douglas.
(c) Mr. Crawford.
(d) Mr. Saunders.

3. What happens when Ritu visits the narrator in her room after she tries unsuccessfully to throw Chid out of her room?
(a) Chid seems to calm Ritu.
(b) Ritu and Chid fight.
(c) Ritu curls up in a corner and starts shrieking.
(d) Ritus starts chanting with Chid.

4. What game do Olivia and Nawab play when he first takes her to the grove?
(a) Musical chairs.
(b) The Begum.
(c) Charades.
(d) Hide and go seek.

5. How does the narrator describe her relationship with her grandfather?
(a) She never met him.
(b) She hardly remembers him.
(c) They were very close.
(d) They disliked each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What best describes the natural elements in Satipur according to the narrator's April 25th journal entry?

2. Who visits Olivia four days after she and Douglas attend their first dinner party at the palace?

3. Who says, at the Crawford's dinner party, that if a woman wants to throw her life away for her religion it is her choice?

4. Why is Ritu sent on a pilgrimage?

5. What does Chid wear?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the narrator's actions in the hospital ward that result in her being treated differently by the other people there.

2. Based on her actions in Section 23, is the narrator a kindhearted person?

3. How will the pilgrimage help Ritu?

4. How do the men react when Olivia first reveals that she is pregnant?

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

6. Explain how the narrator tells Chid and Inder Lal about her pregnancy in Section 28.

7. Describe the behavior and actions of the midwives during Olivia's abortion.

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

9. Why is the location of the narrator's first act of intimacy with Inder Lal significant?

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

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