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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who interrupts Olivia's abortion?
(a) The Begum.
(b) Dr. Saunders.
(c) The Nawab.
(d) Douglas.

2. How long does the narrator intend to stay at her proposed destination at the end of the story?
(a) She doesn't know how long she will stay.
(b) Until her child is born.
(c) Until she receives the ticket back to England.
(d) Until the next monsoon season.

3. What does Olivia seem to feel about determining the father of her child in Section 29?
(a) She hopes it is the Nawab.
(b) Worried.
(c) Unconcerned.
(d) She hopes it is Douglas.

4. In Section 25, what do Inder Lal and the narrator do with the red strings?
(a) Tie them in the narrator's hair.
(b) Tie them to the lattice and make wishes.
(c) Offer them to the healer.
(d) Tie them to the tree in the grove.

5. How does the narrator feel about her pregnancy when she visits Maji's hut?
(a) She is uncertain about it.
(b) She wants to share it with Inder Lal.
(c) She is desperate to end it.
(d) She ends up in a state of rapture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator compare Maji to in her August 31st journal entry?

2. Why doesn't Harry pick Olivia up anymore in Section 22?

3. Who does the narrator believe is the father of the pregnant person she learns about on July 31st?

4. What is true of the weather in Section 23?

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

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