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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is special about the placement of the guesthouse on the banks of the Narmada River?
(a) It's known for it's nice smell.
(b) It's a religious pilgrimage site.
(c) It's where the narrator was born.
(d) It's inexpensive real estate.

3. Why are Nitin's friends surprised that he took a job in the country?
(a) He liked the city and his social life.
(b) The women are very unattractive there.
(c) He has terrible allergies.
(d) He doesn't know anything about tea.

4. Why does Nitin bring books to the tea estate?
(a) To pass the time.
(b) To look like a scholar.
(c) To use as table space.
(d) To educate the workers.

5. What has the poet Kabir offered to Indian religions?
(a) Created Hinduism.
(b) Offers a single religious text.
(c) United Hinduism and Islam.
(d) Created an alternative to religion.

6. 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) He's afraid of spiders.
(d) So he won't meet another stranger.

7. Who does Nitin become while managing the tea estate?
(a) His fake persona.
(b) A tea estate worker.
(c) A woman.
(d) An overly controlling boss.

8. The Jain monk observes that although his father gives to charity, he doesn't ______ poverty.
(a) Sympathize with.
(b) Prevent.
(c) Tolerate.
(d) Understand.

9. What of the river's can the narrator hear at night?
(a) Its heartbeat.
(b) Its waves.
(c) Its whisper.
(d) Its fish.

10. Maser Mohan's wife is ______ towards him.
(a) Bitter.
(b) Awkward.
(c) Loving.
(d) Anxious.

11. From a young age, the monk's father taught him to be what?
(a) Non-violent.
(b) Vicious.
(c) Loving.
(d) Cautious.

12. For some time, the narrator feels ________ by the monk's story.
(a) Disturbed.
(b) Elated.
(c) Inspired.
(d) Judgmental of.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 8, the narrator has finished reading ______.

2. Why doesn't the narrator want to take Nitin back to the guesthouse?

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

4. Why do the Jain monks shave their heads?

5. Why must Nitin make a clay figure of the goddess and submerge it?

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