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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to the Jain monk, ritual means nothing if you don't do what?
(a) Follow religious teachings precisely.
(b) Believe in the cause.
(c) Know the longing that precedes it.
(d) Follow it diligently.

4. Why won't the narrator go into the caves?
(a) There are snakes.
(b) He's afraid of the dark.
(c) They're private property.
(d) They're haunted.

5. Kama is the god of ______.
(a) Splendor.
(b) Love.
(c) War.
(d) Water.

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

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

8. In the story of the Kabirvad Tree, what created it?
(a) The Narmada River.
(b) Kabir's toothbrush.
(c) Buddha.
(d) The Jain monk's prayers.

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

10. Why is the narrator concerned about Nitin running off?
(a) Nitin is unstable.
(b) Nitin's father will be angry.
(c) It's not safe in the neighborhood at night.
(d) He may not come back.

11. Why does the Jain monk clear the bugs off the boulder?
(a) The boulder is rolling.
(b) Bugs scare him.
(c) So he doesn't crush them.
(d) He collects bugs.

12. Where has Nitin run off to?
(a) The shrine.
(b) The hospital.
(c) Home.
(d) His girlfriend's house.

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

14. What cures possession, in the doctor's opinion?
(a) Belief that they are cured.
(b) Antibiotics.
(c) Success at work.
(d) A ritual.

15. According to the monk's father, what do people from the West see of India?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Culture.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Tariq Mia teases the narrator, he often is suggesting that the narrator is _______.

2. For some time, the narrator feels ________ by the monk's story.

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

4. What religion is Tariq Mia?

5. Who is charged with Imrat's murder?

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