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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time in his life is Tariq Mia's story set?
(a) Before he was a priest.
(b) After his wife died.
(c) While he was in school.
(d) After becoming a priest.

2. Why would the narrator be able to go find Uma and the Naga Baba?
(a) Because he has a great sense of direction.
(b) Because he has spare time.
(c) Because he has super powers.
(d) Because he has conviction.

3. Why doesn't Tariq Mia think it would be worthwhile to try and find the Naga Baba?
(a) There is nothing left to learn from him.
(b) He's good at hiding.
(c) He's changed his appearance.
(d) He's dead.

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

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

6. Where is the elderly woman's daughter taken after she is kidnapped?
(a) Mumbai.
(b) China.
(c) Calcutta.
(d) The banks of the Narmada.

7. What is shocking about the woman the narrator helps?
(a) She has an accent.
(b) She's beautiful.
(c) She's ugly.
(d) She has horrible grammar.

8. What story is the woman going to tell the narrator?
(a) Tariq Mia's past.
(b) The origin of the Narmada.
(c) Her father's story.
(d) The battle of Mahadeo.

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

10. What happens to the forest in the elderly woman's hometown?
(a) It became inhabited by ghosts.
(b) It became a wildlife preserve.
(c) It was cut down.
(d) It became a national park.

11. To the narrator and to others, the Narmada is a _______ river.
(a) Puzzling.
(b) Useless.
(c) Cleansing.
(d) Evil.

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

13. Why does the narrator take a day away from the guesthouse?
(a) He's become too set in his ways.
(b) Mr. Changla bothers him.
(c) There's too much drama.
(d) His doctor told him to.

14. Why does the narrator go to see Tariq Mia in Chapter 11?
(a) To bring him a gift.
(b) To hear another story.
(c) To tell the elderly woman's story.
(d) To pay his respects.

15. What is the next story the narrator will tell?
(a) The story of his youth.
(b) The story of the Naga Baba.
(c) A fairy tale.
(d) A war story.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator's fascination with Mahadeo always ______ him.

2. What "Indian disease" does Dr. Mitra claim the narrator has?

3. Why does the man decide not to marry the daughter?

4. Why does Mr. Changla allow the elderly woman to stay?

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

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