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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon Tariq Mia entering the lesson, the student is ______.
(a) Hysterical.
(b) Startled.
(c) Amused.
(d) Elated.

2. What does the narrator enjoy about the town of Mahadeo?
(a) The music.
(b) The calmness.
(c) The women.
(d) Its energy.

3. The father would only continue to teach his daughter music if she agreed to marry ______.
(a) A prince.
(b) Music.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) His friend.

4. Bandits believe that being stung by bees on the Narmada will give them _______.
(a) Clarity.
(b) Immortality.
(c) Death.
(d) Wealth.

5. The narrator's fascination with Mahadeo always ______ him.
(a) Frustrates.
(b) Surprises.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Delays.

6. After hearing Rahul Singh's story, the daughter thinks he's ______.
(a) Brilliant.
(b) Crazy.
(c) Violent.
(d) Handsome.

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

8. In the father's lessons, what is a raga composed of?
(a) Drum beats.
(b) The silence between the notes.
(c) Loud belting.
(d) Whispers.

9. What does the narrator discuss with Dr. Mitra at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Enlightenment.
(b) The weather.
(c) Dr. Mitra's family.
(d) Nitin's possession.

10. When the ugly daughter was a child, she was ______ of her father.
(a) In awe.
(b) Envious.
(c) Judgmental.
(d) Defiant.

11. What does "Narmada" mean in Sanskrit?
(a) Fickle.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Whore.
(d) Lazy.

12. What won't the elderly woman's daughter be able to do after being kidnapped?
(a) Get married.
(b) Escape.
(c) Come back to India.
(d) Be a courtesan.

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

14. What do the men who run the city turn into?
(a) Obedient lapdogs.
(b) Charitable men.
(c) Greedy men.
(d) Brutal soldiers.

15. In Tariq Mia's opinion, what does the narrator not know enough about?
(a) Fear.
(b) Music.
(c) Life.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the narrator reluctant to let the elderly woman stay?

2. Why does the narrator go to visit Tariq Mia in Chapter 14?

3. Why has the elderly woman come to the guesthouse?

4. To the narrator and to others, the Narmada is a _______ river.

5. The woman claims her teacher is a ______.

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