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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the district superintendent of police?
(a) Ronny Heaslop.
(b) Mr. Turton.
(c) Major Callendar.
(d) Mr. McBryde.

2. How does Adela Quested say she tried to stop the attack?
(a) By calling for help from the servants.
(b) By hitting Dr. Aziz with her glasses.
(c) By pushing Dr. Aziz down.
(d) She didn't try to stop it.

3. Who points out there are well-qualified Indians for jobs in India?
(a) Mrs. Moore.
(b) Cyril Fielding and his friends.
(c) Adela Quested.
(d) Dr. Aziz and his friends.

4. Who questions the allegations and insists on talking to Adela?
(a) Cyril Fielding.
(b) Mr. Turton.
(c) Ronny Heaslop.
(d) Mrs. Moore.

5. 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 club and government offices are located on the bank of the river.
(b) Poverty characterizes the banks of the river.
(c) The British live on the banks of the river.
(d) The second tier of the city is filled with poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the leading barrister of Chandrapore with a Cambridge degree?

2. How does Cyril Fielding shock Dr. Aziz and his friends?

3. What controversial object does Dr. Aziz show Cyril Fielding when Fielding visits him at his hovel?

4. What does Mr. Turton expect Cyril Fielding to do?

5. What does Mrs. Moore hear in the cave?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the party returns from the caves to Chandrapore?

2. Where is Adela Quested when she can't be found?

3. Describe the evidence against Dr. Aziz.

4. How does Cyril Fielding react to the discovery of the letter to the brothel owner?

5. Describe the difference in Nawab Bahadur and Mahmoud Ali's response to the bridge party invitation.

6. What is the significance of the Mohurram holiday?

7. Describe Cyril Fielding's thoughts on atheism.

8. Describe the setting of the novel.

9. What are Cyril Fielding's opinions of the English occupation?

10. Why does Cyril Fielding go into the city?

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