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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the police come to the guesthouse?
(a) To tell the narrator his friend has died.
(b) To look for a criminal.
(c) To bring the narrator to the hospital.
(d) To arrest the narrator.

2. Why does the Jain monk clear the bugs off the boulder?
(a) The boulder is rolling.
(b) Bugs scare him.
(c) So he doesn't crush them.
(d) He collects bugs.

3. Why does the narrator encourage the woman and her daughter to leave?
(a) They're stealing from the guesthouse.
(b) They're too loud.
(c) The bandits may come looking for them.
(d) He doesn't like women.

4. Why does Nitin believe he can't stay awake?
(a) Because he drinks too much tea.
(b) Because the world is too scary.
(c) Because his life is so boring.
(d) Because he's enchanted.

5. The narrator took the job at the guesthouse after what event?
(a) The guesthouse was renovated.
(b) His wife died.
(c) His daughter moved to the city.
(d) He lost his other job.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Nitin run off to?

2. What do the men who run the city turn into?

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

4. Why is Nitin Bose coming to the guesthouse?

5. What is Master Mohan's profession?

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