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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator call the police in Chapter 11?
(a) Because the bandits are in town.
(b) Because some women found guns and ammo.
(c) Because he found a body.
(d) Because the elderly woman is a criminal.

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

3. Why is Nitin amused by the tea estate?
(a) It looked like a British fantasy of India.
(b) The people were very intelligent.
(c) It was so poorly run.
(d) It looked like a fairy tale.

4. Why must the narrator take Nitin back to the guesthouse?
(a) Nitin may have something spiritual to offer him.
(b) Otherwise, Nitin will be arrested.
(c) Because he has to be a good friend.
(d) Nitin may try to run away.

5. Why does the narrator go to visit Tariq Mia in Chapter 14?
(a) To bring him food.
(b) To get advice.
(c) To complain.
(d) To tell him the musician's story.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator took the job at the guesthouse after what event?

2. Who is charged with Imrat's murder?

3. Where must Nitin submerge the figure?

4. Why does the Jain monk clear the bugs off the boulder?

5. What is the narrator's primary anxiety about Nitin?

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