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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a previous visit to Mahadeo, the narrator helped a woman who dropped a ______ painting.
(a) Glass.
(b) Ugly.
(c) Plain.
(d) Famous.

2. What does the narrator not believe the river can wash away?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Fear.
(c) Sin.
(d) Grief.

3. The father says he will die happy if he could sing like _______.
(a) His father.
(b) His daughter.
(c) A woman.
(d) Birds.

4. Why does Mr. Changla allow the elderly woman to stay?
(a) He wants to kidnap her.
(b) He thinks she's pretty.
(c) She will pay a lot.
(d) The weather is too bad.

5. What do the Aryan's gain by battling at the Narmada?
(a) Immortality.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Success.

6. While reading by the river, Tariq Mia heard ______.
(a) Crying.
(b) Gun shots.
(c) Birds.
(d) Singing.

7. How does the elderly woman's daughter lose her baby?
(a) An illness.
(b) A boating accident.
(c) It was stolen.
(d) Grief.

8. What does the teacher teach?
(a) Painting.
(b) Math.
(c) Writing.
(d) Music.

9. Why does the narrator call the police in Chapter 11?
(a) Because he found a body.
(b) Because the bandits are in town.
(c) Because some women found guns and ammo.
(d) Because the elderly woman is a criminal.

10. What season is it in Chapter 9?
(a) Winter.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Monsoon.
(d) Fall.

11. Why does the narrator go to visit Tariq Mia in Chapter 14?
(a) To complain.
(b) To get advice.
(c) To bring him food.
(d) To tell him the musician's story.

12. Who kidnaps the elderly woman's daughter?
(a) Her father.
(b) Another courtesan.
(c) A bandit.
(d) A government official.

13. When the power comes back in the guesthouse, what is the narrator able to do again?
(a) Read.
(b) Clean the rooms.
(c) His daily meditations.
(d) Watch TV.

14. Why is the narrator surprised that Uma and the Naga Baba parted ways?
(a) Because it's unsafe to walk alone at night.
(b) Because Uma asked him to stay.
(c) Because Uma had secrets for the Naga Baba
(d) Because Uma was his penance.

15. What characterizes the town of Mahadeo?
(a) The market.
(b) The live music.
(c) The temple.
(d) The crime.

Short Answer Questions

1. Today, where is the Aryan who slept on the riverbank?

2. What sounds did the father use to teach his daughter music?

3. In his story, Tariq Mia encounters a teacher and a _______ student.

4. What time in his life is Tariq Mia's story set?

5. What happens to the forest in the elderly woman's hometown?

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