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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Today, where is the Aryan who slept on the riverbank?
(a) Still there.
(b) Delhi.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Under the water.

2. What do the Aryan's gain by battling at the Narmada?
(a) Success.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Immortality.

3. What "Indian disease" does Dr. Mitra claim the narrator has?
(a) Making everything holy.
(b) Indifference to evil.
(c) Delusions of grandeur.
(d) Malaria.

4. Why has the elderly woman come to the guesthouse?
(a) To get something to eat.
(b) To deliver a letter to the narrator.
(c) To stop and rest.
(d) To find her daughter.

5. Why is the narrator concerned about Nitin running off?
(a) Nitin is unstable.
(b) Nitin's father will be angry.
(c) He may not come back.
(d) It's not safe in the neighborhood at night.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't the narrator want to take Nitin back to the guesthouse?

2. From a young age, the monk's father taught him to be what?

3. What does the monk claim he will gain from enduring the trials of being a monk?

4. Bandits believe that being stung by bees on the Narmada will give them _______.

5. What is the benefit of Nitin going to Vano Village?

(see the answer key)

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