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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What skills were courtesans supposed to teach noblemen?
(a) Tipping 20%.
(b) Paying compliments.
(c) Auto repair.
(d) Song and dance.

2. Why has the elderly woman come to the guesthouse?
(a) To stop and rest.
(b) To deliver a letter to the narrator.
(c) To find her daughter.
(d) To get something to eat.

3. What "Indian disease" does Dr. Mitra claim the narrator has?
(a) Delusions of grandeur.
(b) Making everything holy.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Indifference to evil.

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

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

6. In order to become a Naga, one must ______.
(a) Pray.
(b) Exploit.
(c) Endure.
(d) Sing.

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

8. Why does the man decide not to marry the daughter?
(a) He is engaged to someone else.
(b) She has a terrible voice.
(c) Her mother is crazy.
(d) The father said he didn't have to.

9. What happened to the elderly woman's hometown?
(a) It turned into a factory town.
(b) It was destroyed in a war.
(c) It became a cultural center.
(d) It turned into a farm town.

10. What is the Naga Baba looking for?
(a) An old friend.
(b) A temple.
(c) Cremation grounds.
(d) A new house.

11. The teacher sends his student to collect _______.
(a) Cow dung.
(b) More students.
(c) Money.
(d) Flowers.

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

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

14. 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 good at hiding.
(d) He's dead.

15. Why does Rahul Singh love the daughter?
(a) She's wealthy.
(b) She loves him.
(c) He believes they were married in a past life.
(d) She's very beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story is the woman going to tell the narrator?

2. How long has the elderly woman's daughter been held captive?

3. Why does the narrator encourage the woman and her daughter to leave?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 16, where does Uma go?

5. The elderly woman's story begins _____ years in the past.

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