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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator receive a letter from?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His sister.
(c) A mysterious woman.
(d) An old colleague.

2. How much does the Jain monk's father have to pay for his son to renounce the world?
(a) 62 million rupees.
(b) 50 rupees.
(c) Two thousand rupees.
(d) One million rupees.

3. Why does Tariq Mia begin to tell the narrator his story?
(a) So he will appreciate nature.
(b) So he will better understand the human heart.
(c) So he will take life less seriously.
(d) So he will understand true struggle.

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

5. Why does Master Mohan kill himself?
(a) He couldn't live without love.
(b) He got in a fight with his wife.
(c) He realized he would never have a career in music.
(d) He had a terrible disease.

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

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

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

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

10. What does the monk claim he will gain from enduring the trials of being a monk?
(a) Fearlessness.
(b) Peace.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Intelligence.

11. What is special about Imrat?
(a) He is very handsome.
(b) He has a beautiful singing voice.
(c) He performs magic tricks.
(d) He is an excellent thief.

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

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

14. "Master" is a title for a ________.
(a) Hero.
(b) Child.
(c) Woman.
(d) Intellectual.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Master Mohan's profession?

2. Kama is the god of ______.

3. Why is Nitin Bose in the hospital?

4. Maser Mohan's wife is ______ towards him.

5. What is the Jain monk's real name?

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