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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Section 25, what happens between Inder Lal and the narrator on their outing together?
(a) She kisses him and he leaves.
(b) They argue about Ritu.
(c) They make love.
(d) She slaps him.

2. What is true of the schedule that Olivia and Douglas keep in Section 24?
(a) Olivia gets up early to make breakfast for Douglas.
(b) Olivia stays up late at night and sleeps late in the morning.
(c) Douglas goes to bed very early and insists that Olivia does the same.
(d) Douglas come to bed hours after Olivia.

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

4. How does Inder Lal react to Chid's reappearance in Section 28?
(a) He is initially shy in Chid's presence.
(b) He is angry at Chid for returning.
(c) He receives him like a long lost brother.
(d) He is jealous of the time Chid spends with the narrator.

5. What does Harry tell Olivia that the Nawab says about her baby?
(a) That there is no child.
(b) That everyone will be astonished when it is born.
(c) That he will raise the child.
(d) That it is not his.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do on the way back to her room after learning of the pregnancy in Section 23?

2. Where does the narrator say that Douglas's only son grows up?

3. Who warns Olivia that "they" only want to "you-know-what with a white woman"?

4. What does the narrator report in her August 31st journal entry?

5. What does the narrator tell Maji in the final section of the novel?

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