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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is special about the placement of the guesthouse on the banks of the Narmada River?
(a) It's where the narrator was born.
(b) It's known for it's nice smell.
(c) It's inexpensive real estate.
(d) It's a religious pilgrimage site.

2. According to the monk's father, what do people from the West see of India?
(a) Culture.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Poverty.

3. What can the Vano Village Deity cure?
(a) Depression.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Madness.
(d) Cancer.

4. Why is there a ceremony for the Jain monk in the stadium?
(a) To announce he is becoming a monk.
(b) To pray for his good health.
(c) To pray for his safety on his journey West.
(d) To celebrate his first born child.

5. Why won't the narrator go into the caves?
(a) He's afraid of the dark.
(b) They're haunted.
(c) They're private property.
(d) There are snakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a Jain becomes a monk, what part of the ceremony marks their departure from the world?

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

3. What of the river's can the narrator hear at night?

4. What does Tariq Mia explain is the Jain monk's only love?

5. Why does the monk's father regret letting his son live in the West?

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