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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Nitin Bose coming to the guesthouse?
(a) To work.
(b) To learn tribal customs.
(c) To run away from the police.
(d) To find a wife.

2. Nitin was offered two jobs: managing a tea estate or _______.
(a) A government position.
(b) A business adviser.
(c) An executive training course.
(d) CEO of a company.

3. Why do the police come to the guesthouse?
(a) To bring the narrator to the hospital.
(b) To tell the narrator his friend has died.
(c) To arrest the narrator.
(d) To look for a criminal.

4. What is Tariq Mia's pet name for the narrator?
(a) Cuz.
(b) Funny Buddy.
(c) Little Brother.
(d) Know-It-All.

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

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

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

8. When Tariq Mia teases the narrator, he often is suggesting that the narrator is _______.
(a) Pretentious.
(b) Ignorant.
(c) Brilliant.
(d) Naïve.

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

10. Mr. Changla explains that Nitin's denial of _____ is what lead to his insanity.
(a) Desire.
(b) Death.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Status.

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

12. Why is Imrat killed?
(a) So he wouldn't talk to the police.
(b) Because he had a terrible voice.
(c) So no one else could enjoy his music.
(d) Because he was a thief.

13. What is Master Mohan's profession?
(a) Salesman.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Music teacher.
(d) Fisherman.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the monk's father regret letting his son live in the West?

2. What has the poet Kabir offered to Indian religions?

3. Why is Master Mohan's wife enraged by Imrat's recording contract?

4. Why are Nitin's friends surprised that he took a job in the country?

5. Why is Nitin Bose in the hospital?

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