View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When one renounces the world, how long must one fast for?
(a) Until the head monk allows them.
(b) Until they become a monk.
(c) For one week.
(d) Until they reach enlightenment.

2. Why must Nitin make a clay figure of the goddess and submerge it?
(a) To start a new life.
(b) To clean the figure.
(c) To exorcize himself.
(d) To mark his defiance.

3. What won't the elderly woman's daughter be able to do after being kidnapped?
(a) Come back to India.
(b) Escape.
(c) Get married.
(d) Be a courtesan.

4. The father says he will set a date for the wedding when they perform on what night?
(a) The night of Shiva.
(b) Their engagement night.
(c) His birthday.
(d) Christmas Eve.

5. In the monk's story, when his chariot is being swarmed, what is the fear in his father's eyes?
(a) Falling.
(b) Death.
(c) Separation.
(d) Violence.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Nitin Bose in the hospital?

3. What "Indian disease" does Dr. Mitra claim the narrator has?

4. Who does the narrator receive a letter from?

5. How do we learn more about Nitin in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 239 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample