View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator's first journal entry, where does she spend her first night in Bombay?
(a) In a missionary hostel.
(b) In a doorway.
(c) With a woman she met on the trip over.
(d) In a cheap hotel attached to a bar.

2. Who awakens the narrator by screaming in the courtyard on March 9th?
(a) A young girl she has never seen before.
(b) Ritu.
(c) Inder Lal's youngest child.
(d) Inder Lal.

3. Who visits Olivia four days after she and Douglas attend their first dinner party at the palace?
(a) Mrs. Crawford.
(b) Mr. Crawford.
(c) The Nawab.
(d) Major Minnies.

4. How does the narrator explain her spiritual calling to Inder Lal?
(a) She feels she must find a spiritual calling, or is doomed.
(b) She felt called to come to India to pursue a higher calling.
(c) She doesn't understand it, but feels pulled by a higher power.
(d) She does not feel any spiritual calling.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who accompanies the narrator to the royal tombs in Section 13?

3. What best describes the narrator's room when both Chid and Ritu are in it?

4. Why won't the narrator have sex with Chid in Section 17?

5. Who does not agree that a suttee is a form of suicide?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the importance of the red strings in Section 26.

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

4. How does Harry's reluctance to bring Olivia to the palace forecast events to come?

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

6. Why does Olivia want a child in Section 20?

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

8. Describe Chid's transformation in Section 28.

9. How does Olivia feel about her pregnancy in Section 32?

10. Are Mrs. Saunders and Olivia similar, based on their first meeting in Section 8?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,085 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample