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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the narrator's job at the guesthouse?
(a) Owner.
(b) Manager.
(c) Cleaning.
(d) Maintenance.

2. Why do Jain monks cover their mouths?
(a) To prevent themselves from talking too much.
(b) To conceal their good looks.
(c) So they won't get ill.
(d) To prevent accidentally killing insects.

3. In the story of the Kabirvad Tree, what created it?
(a) Buddha.
(b) The Jain monk's prayers.
(c) The Narmada River.
(d) Kabir's toothbrush.

4. What is Master Mohan's only escape?
(a) She can't afford to support him.
(b) He makes her look old.
(c) She doesn't like him.
(d) She could get money for him.

5. After the narrator's meeting with the monk, why does he avoid the caves?
(a) He's afraid of the dark.
(b) So he won't meet another stranger.
(c) He's afraid of spiders.
(d) So he won't get lost.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tariq Mia's purpose in telling this story?

2. What is the reason for the calmness of Tariq Mia's village?

3. Why is Imrat killed?

4. What has the poet Kabir offered to Indian religions?

5. What religion is Tariq Mia?

(see the answer key)

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