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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 the narrator tell Inder Lal that she is in India (other than for Olivia's letters)?
(a) To find herself.
(b) To escape the materialism of the West.
(c) To pursue a dream.
(d) To build a future.

2. Why was Baba Firdau's shrine built?
(a) To bless the harvest.
(b) To honor the Nawab's great grandmother.
(c) To grant fertility to the Nawab and his wife.
(d) To honor one who gave shelter to an ancestor of the Nawab.

3. Why is Ritu sent on a pilgrimage?
(a) To heal her ailments.
(b) To represent the village.
(c) To heal a sick child.
(d) To pray for rain.

4. What does Maji say will happen after the pilgrimage party reaches the tree line of the mountain base?
(a) Some will faint with joy.
(b) They will do a dance to thank the good spirits.
(c) Ritu's healing will begin.
(d) Ritu will proceed on her own.

5. What does the narrator notice about the relationship between Ritu and Inder Lal's mother?
(a) Ritu is openly hostile to her mother-in-law.
(b) Ritu is abused by her mother-in-law.
(c) Ritu obeys her mother-in-law.
(d) Ritu dotes on her mother-in-law.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Chid?

2. Why is the person the narrator discovers inside the royal tomb there, in Section 13?

3. Why is Mrs. Saunders ill when Olivia first meets her?

4. What paperwork does the narrator keep on her small desk in Part 1, Section 3?

5. What best describes Chid as a houseguest?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relationship between Inder Lal's mother and Ritu.

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

3. Describe Olivia and Douglas's relationship in Section 23.

4. Compare Chid's letters in Section 21 to Olivia's letters.

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

6. Do you think Chid is a sadhu?

7. Describe the narrator's room in Satipur City.

8. Why does Inder Lal's mother take Ritu on the pilgrimage?

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

10. What does Inder Lal think of India?

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