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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A Passage to India is set in Chandrapore, India on the banks of the Ganges River. Which of the following is true about the city?
(a) The British live on the banks of the river.
(b) The second tier of the city is filled with poverty.
(c) Poverty characterizes the banks of the river.
(d) The club and government offices are located on the bank of the river.

2. Who shows up near the caves in a car?
(a) Mrs. Moore.
(b) Dr. Aziz.
(c) Nancy Derek.
(d) Ronny Heaslop.

3. Adela Quested had known Ronny Heaslop well in England and had come to India to visit him before deciding to be his wife. At the beginning of Chapter 8, how does Adela feel about Ronny?
(a) She thinks he is vibrant, exciting, nice, and handsome.
(b) She thinks he is polite, encouraging, sensitive, and gentlemanly.
(c) She thinks he is arrogant, rude, insensitive, and chauvinistic.
(d) She thinks he is uptight, shy, unsocial, and rude.

4. What does Dr. Aziz do in response to being offended by Adela Quested outside the caves?
(a) He confronts her and tells her why he is offended.
(b) He yells at Adela.
(c) He tells everything that it is time to leave.
(d) He lets go of Adela's hand and goes into the cave alone.

5. Who resigns from the club over the case?
(a) Professor Godbole.
(b) Ronny Heaslop.
(c) Dr. Aziz.
(d) Cyril Fielding.

6. Why does Dr. Aziz borrow Hamidullah's horse?
(a) To play polo.
(b) To visit a friend.
(c) To go riding with Adela Quested.
(d) To escape the city.

7. Who already has decided that Aziz is definitely guilty?
(a) Mrs. Moore.
(b) Cyril Fielding.
(c) Nawab Bahadur.
(d) Mr. Turton.

8. How is Adela's situation/health as the trial approaches?
(a) She was never ill.
(b) Her condition has remained the same.
(c) She has gotten worse.
(d) She is improving.

9. Which of the following is not true about Cyril Fielding?
(a) He is over the age of forty, has experienced a lot of life, and is devoted to education.
(b) He feels that the segregationist attitudes of the British leaders here are evidence of stupidity.
(c) He has found that he can be in with the Indians and still be friends with the Englishwomen, but not the Englishmen.
(d) He has always gotten along with Englishmen, but he does not like these expatriates in Chandrapore.

10. What do the lawyers and Cyril Fielding decide to do regarding Aziz's case?
(a) Try to get the case dismissed.
(b) Try again for Aziz's bail.
(c) Try to get Aziz to confess.
(d) Try to lengthen Aziz's sentence.

11. Nawab Bahadur, a generous and wealthy leader in the Muslim community, discusses the invitation to the Bridge Party with Mahmoud Ali and others. Mahmoud Ali is _____.
(a) Excited about the opportunity to spend time with the British elite.
(b) Upset and hurt that the British did not invite more of the Indians.
(c) Disappointed that Hindus and Muslims were both invited to the party.
(d) Resentful of the empty attempt to pretend an interest in the Indian community.

12. What is served on the train?
(a) Toast.
(b) Sandwiches.
(c) Poached eggs.
(d) Coffee.

13. What is part of purdah?
(a) Christian women pray daily.
(b) Muslim women do not show their faces.
(c) Indian women drink tea before worship.
(d) Hindu women reveal their stomachs.

14. With what are Nancy Derek and Mrs. McBryde helping Adela Quested?
(a) Taking a bath.
(b) Picking cactus spines out of her.
(c) Consoling her.
(d) Preparing her case.

15. Why does Cyril Fielding go into the city in Chapter 21?
(a) To go to work.
(b) To discuss Aziz's situation.
(c) To meet with Aziz.
(d) To meet with Adela.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the party plan to leave to go to the caves?

2. Mrs. Moore tells Ronny Heaslop about her encounter with Dr. Aziz in the mosque. Which of the following are true?

3. When Dr. Aziz asks Cyril Fielding why he isn't married, what does Fielding say?

4. Who comes to visit Cyril Fielding at the school?

5. Who says, "I believe Dr. Aziz to be innocent"?

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