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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the monk claim he will gain from enduring the trials of being a monk?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Fearlessness.
(d) Peace.

2. According to the Jain monk, ritual means nothing if you don't do what?
(a) Know the longing that precedes it.
(b) Follow religious teachings precisely.
(c) Believe in the cause.
(d) Follow it diligently.

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

4. The narrator was once a bureaucrat, but is now a ___________.
(a) Vanaprasthi.
(b) Monk.
(c) Salesman.
(d) Naga Baba.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is special about the placement of the guesthouse on the banks of the Narmada River?

3. How much does the Jain monk's father have to pay for his son to renounce the world?

4. Why do the Jain monks shave their heads?

5. When Tariq Mia teases the narrator, he often is suggesting that the narrator is _______.

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