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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is charged with Imrat's murder?
(a) Imrat's classmate.
(b) The musicians.
(c) Master Mohan's wife.
(d) Master Mohan.

2. Why can't anyone accompany Nitin?
(a) No outsiders are allowed in the Vano Village.
(b) Everyone's afraid of him.
(c) He runs too fast.
(d) He asked everyone not to.

3. What can the Vano Village Deity cure?
(a) Depression.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Madness.
(d) Cancer.

4. Why is Master Mohan's wife enraged by Imrat's recording contract?
(a) She is scared for his safety.
(b) She feels she deserved it.
(c) She doesn't like his music.
(d) She doesn't get any money.

5. After the narrator's meeting with the monk, why does he avoid the caves?
(a) He's afraid of the dark.
(b) So he won't get lost.
(c) So he won't meet another stranger.
(d) He's afraid of spiders.

6. Why is Nitin looking for the shrine in the woods?
(a) It's made out of gold.
(b) It cures possession.
(c) It brings good luck.
(d) It gives fertility.

7. What religion is Tariq Mia?
(a) Buddhist.
(b) Hindu.
(c) Muslim.
(d) Christian.

8. Why is Nitin Bose in the hospital?
(a) His father is sick.
(b) He tried to kill himself.
(c) He has a terrible disease.
(d) He was attacked.

9. Why does the monk's father regret letting his son live in the West?
(a) It distanced him from the family.
(b) It made him too intelligent.
(c) It made him selfish.
(d) It destroyed his peace of mind.

10. How does Master Mohan kill himself?
(a) Offered himself as a sacrifice.
(b) Threw himself in front of a train.
(c) Poisoned himself.
(d) Jumped into the river.

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

12. At the beginning of Chapter 8, the narrator has finished reading ______.
(a) A book on guesthouse management.
(b) Nitin's diary.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Buddhist mythology.

13. What kind of family is Nitin's family from?
(a) A mobster family.
(b) He has no family.
(c) A poor family.
(d) A wealthy family.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tariq Mia begin to tell the narrator his story?

2. When one renounces the world, how long must one fast for?

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

4. The narrator was once a bureaucrat, but is now a ___________.

5. Why isn't Master Mohan respected?

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