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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Olivia goes to have an abortion?
(a) She is stripped and covered with a sheet.
(b) She is met by an older woman who doesn't speak.
(c) She is blindfolded and taken to a small room.
(d) She wears a burka and is led down a dark alley.

2. What does the narrator do on the way back to her room after learning of the pregnancy in Section 23?
(a) Skips through puddles.
(b) Buys a small gift at the bazaar.
(c) Cries.
(d) Convinces the person to keep the baby.

3. What does the narrator reveal about Douglas' children in her August 20th journal entry?
(a) He has a daughter with Olivia and a son with Tessie.
(b) He has a son with Olivia and a daugther with Tessie.
(c) He has two children, but the mother is not mentioned
(d) He has one son with Tessie and no other children.

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

5. What does Maji say about the narrator's plans in the last section of the story?
(a) She approves, but says the weather is not good.
(b) She disapproves and wants the narrator to change her mind.
(c) She disapproves, but says we create our own misery.
(d) She approves and gives the narrator a gift to help her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Olivia go after her abortion?

2. Where does the narrator take a room in the final chapter?

3. Who offers to perform an abortion for the pregnant person on July 31st?

4. Where does the narrator go on her way to the bazaar on August 31st?

5. Who does Olivia first tell about her pregnancy?

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