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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What about Rima's marriage distresses Nitin?
(a) Her husband is poor.
(b) Her husband is abusive.
(c) She is unfaithful.
(d) She loves her husband too much.

2. How is Nitin protected from the struggles in India?
(a) He never left the house.
(b) He fled the country.
(c) His luxurious life.
(d) He was completely oblivious.

3. Why does the woman try to give her brother away?
(a) She could get money for him.
(b) She can't afford to support him.
(c) She doesn't like him.
(d) He makes her look old.

4. To the narrator and to others, the Narmada is a _______ river.
(a) Puzzling.
(b) Evil.
(c) Cleansing.
(d) Useless.

5. From a young age, the monk's father taught him to be what?
(a) Loving.
(b) Non-violent.
(c) Cautious.
(d) Vicious.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long has the elderly woman's daughter been held captive?

3. In the Jain monk's story, the crowd at the ceremony is excited by what, other than his diamonds?

4. What does the narrator discuss with Dr. Mitra at the beginning of Chapter 9?

5. The elderly woman's story begins _____ years in the past.

(see the answer key)

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