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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Tariq Mia's opinion, how is the narrator trying to learn about enlightenment?
(a) The stars.
(b) Experience.
(c) Books.
(d) Secondhand stories.

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

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

5. 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 changed his appearance.
(c) He's dead.
(d) He's good at hiding.

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

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

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

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

10. Why couldn't the daughter find a husband?
(a) There are no men in town.
(b) Her parents are poor.
(c) She's ugly.
(d) She doesn't care.

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

12. Why is the narrator reluctant to let the elderly woman stay?
(a) He is sexist.
(b) He thinks she's a witch.
(c) Too much drama.
(d) She has a disease.

13. The narrator is _______ by Dr. Mitra's translation.
(a) Offended.
(b) Delighted.
(c) Intrigued.
(d) Indifferent to.

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

15. The Naga Baba finds the jungle _______, but has gotten used to it.
(a) Uncomfortable.
(b) Unbelievable.
(c) Ugly.
(d) Frightening.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the Naga Baba preparing to celebrate?

3. Why does the narrator go to see Tariq Mia in Chapter 11?

4. When the ugly daughter was a child, she was ______ of her father.

5. What do the Aryan's gain by battling at the Narmada?

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