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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) Elated.
(b) Amused.
(c) Hysterical.
(d) Startled.
2. After hearing Rahul Singh's story, the daughter thinks he's ______.
(a) Brilliant.
(b) Handsome.
(c) Violent.
(d) Crazy.
3. Why does the narrator call the police in Chapter 11?
(a) Because some women found guns and ammo.
(b) Because he found a body.
(c) Because the bandits are in town.
(d) Because the elderly woman is a criminal.
4. While reading by the river, Tariq Mia heard ______.
(a) Crying.
(b) Gun shots.
(c) Singing.
(d) Birds.
5. What season is it in Chapter 9?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Monsoon.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.
6. Why does Rahul Singh love the daughter?
(a) She's very beautiful.
(b) She loves him.
(c) He believes they were married in a past life.
(d) She's wealthy.
7. The teacher sends his student to collect _______.
(a) More students.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Cow dung.
(d) Money.
8. Why does the narrator go to visit Tariq Mia in Chapter 14?
(a) To complain.
(b) To bring him food.
(c) To tell him the musician's story.
(d) To get advice.
9. Where is the elderly woman's daughter taken after she is kidnapped?
(a) The banks of the Narmada.
(b) Mumbai.
(c) China.
(d) Calcutta.
10. Why does the man decide not to marry the daughter?
(a) She has a terrible voice.
(b) The father said he didn't have to.
(c) He is engaged to someone else.
(d) Her mother is crazy.
11. Who kidnaps the elderly woman's daughter?
(a) A bandit.
(b) Her father.
(c) A government official.
(d) Another courtesan.
12. In the father's lessons, what is a raga composed of?
(a) The silence between the notes.
(b) Whispers.
(c) Drum beats.
(d) Loud belting.
13. How does the elderly woman's daughter lose her baby?
(a) A boating accident.
(b) An illness.
(c) It was stolen.
(d) Grief.
14. Why doesn't Tariq Mia think it would be worthwhile to try and find the Naga Baba?
(a) He's good at hiding.
(b) He's dead.
(c) He's changed his appearance.
(d) There is nothing left to learn from him.
15. Today, where is the Aryan who slept on the riverbank?
(a) Delhi.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Under the water.
(d) Still there.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does the narrator go to see Tariq Mia in Chapter 11?
2. Where does Tariq Mia's curiosity lead him?
3. What does the narrator not believe the river can wash away?
4. What time in his life is Tariq Mia's story set?
5. What do the Aryan's gain by battling at the Narmada?
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