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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator say she is anxious for the seasons to change at the end of the story?
(a) To start a new chapter in her life.
(b) To have her child.
(c) To begin climbing.
(d) To grow some food.

2. How does Olivia feel about her pregnancy in Section 32?
(a) She no longer wants to be pregnant.
(b) She is sick daily, but still happy to be pregnant.
(c) She wants to be pregnant, but feels her baby is not safe in India.
(d) She feels her pregancy can heal her marriage.

3. What environmental change is apparent in Section 32?
(a) The heavy dust is replaced by water.
(b) Plants and crops are withering.
(c) There are locusts everywhere.
(d) The monsoons have stopped.

4. How often and when does the narrator see Chid in Section 31?
(a) Only when she sneaks into the ward.
(b) Daily, when she visits him.
(c) Rarely, and only when she can get a ride with Maji.
(d) Daily, when he visits her.

5. Who warns Olivia that "they" only want to "you-know-what with a white woman"?
(a) Mrs. Saunders.
(b) Douglas.
(c) Harry.
(d) Major Saunders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator first notice the beggar woman in Section 23?

2. On the first day after Harry's recovery that he accompanies the Nawab to pick up Olivia, where do Olivia and the Nawab go?

3. What does the narrator tell Inder Lal about her pregnancy upon Chid's return?

4. Who interrupts Olivia's abortion?

5. Who does the Nawab have a meeting with on the day that Olivia tells him that she is pregnant?

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