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

4. As the narrator looks at the river one morning, who does the narrator imagine he may see floating in it one day?
(a) Himself.
(b) Tariq Mia.
(c) His wife.
(d) The monk.

5. How has Nitin's presence disrupted the narrator's life?
(a) He has loud parties.
(b) He makes the narrator feel inadequate.
(c) He talks too much.
(d) He's always worrying about him.

6. What is the doctor's diagnosis of Nitin?
(a) Nitin has a rare disease.
(b) Nitin only thinks he's possessed.
(c) Nitin has a brain tumor.
(d) Nitin is crazy.

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

8. How does the narrator know it's Nitin who's in trouble?
(a) He recognized his last name.
(b) He expected as much.
(c) He recognized his voice.
(d) He prophesized it.

9. What is Tariq Mia's purpose in telling this story?
(a) To pass the time.
(b) To discuss the human heart.
(c) To scare the narrator.
(d) To brag about his intelligence.

10. Why doesn't the narrator want to take Nitin back to the guesthouse?
(a) All his friends will have to come.
(b) He's unstable.
(c) He can't pay for his room.
(d) He smells bad.

11. Where must Nitin submerge the figure?
(a) In a spring on the mountain.
(b) In the baptismal.
(c) A bowl of holy water.
(d) The Narmada River.

12. Why does the narrator not know that Nitin has gone?
(a) There were voices coming from Nitin's room.
(b) Nitin placed a dummy in his bed.
(c) He was asleep.
(d) He didn't expect Nitin to run away.

13. Why should the sisters not walk alone?
(a) People will get the wrong idea.
(b) The mango trees are in bloom.
(c) The road isn't lit at night.
(d) There are thieves out.

14. How do we learn more about Nitin in Chapter 7?
(a) His father writes the narrator a letter.
(b) Nitin talks in his sleep.
(c) He tells his story to the narrator.
(d) His diary.

15. What does Tariq Mia explain is the Jain monk's only love?
(a) Food.
(b) The human heart.
(c) His mother.
(d) Books.