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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chid say is wrong with him when he is in the hospital ward?
(a) He is being tested by God.
(b) He can't stand the smell of the ward.
(c) His unfulfilled spirit is dying.
(d) He caught a disease from a woman on the pilgrimage.

2. How does Olivia feel about the fact that she is not yet pregnant in Section 22?
(a) Relieved; she never really wanted to have children.
(b) Relieved, as she wants to leave Douglas.
(c) Concerned, because she is afraid there is something wrong with her.
(d) Disappointed, because she wants children.

3. What does Maji offer the narrator in Section 33?
(a) A swimming outfit.
(b) Her hut.
(c) An abortion inducing massage.
(d) A relaxing massage.

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

5. Why is the beggar woman who the narrator brings to the hospital living on the streets?
(a) No one knows where she comes from.
(b) She was evicted by her family after her husband died.
(c) She has no remaining relatives.
(d) Her husband divorced her and kicked her out of the home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who interrupts Olivia's abortion?

2. Where does Olivia go after her abortion?

3. What do the narrator and Inder Lal do together in Section 25?

4. In Section 24, why does Douglas seem to believe that Olivia travels frequently to Khatm?

5. When is the first time that Olivia calls the Nawab by his name?

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