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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the power comes back in the guesthouse, what is the narrator able to do again?
(a) Clean the rooms.
(b) Read.
(c) His daily meditations.
(d) Watch TV.

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

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

4. How long has the elderly woman's daughter been held captive?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 2 years.

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

6. Why does Mr. Changla allow the elderly woman to stay?
(a) He thinks she's pretty.
(b) The weather is too bad.
(c) She will pay a lot.
(d) He wants to kidnap her.

7. What is the elderly woman's priority with her daughter as the city changes?
(a) Teaching her to be a star.
(b) Making her more involved in the community.
(c) Convincing her not to become a spy.
(d) Protecting her.

8. At the dance academy, what are the girls' dances supposed to convey?
(a) Men.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Birds.
(d) Trees.

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

10. When the Naga Baba first moved to the jungle, he always felt ______.
(a) Thirsty.
(b) Weak.
(c) Possessed.
(d) Happy.

11. What sounds did the father use to teach his daughter music?
(a) Drums.
(b) Water.
(c) Machines.
(d) Birds.

12. In his story, Tariq Mia encounters a teacher and a _______ student.
(a) Ugly.
(b) Girl.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Boy.

13. What is Shankar's profession?
(a) Archeologist.
(b) Actor.
(c) Musician.
(d) Scientist.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who created all art, in the father's opinion?

2. What does "Narmada" mean in Sanskrit?

3. The father says he will die happy if he could sing like _______.

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

5. What season is it in Chapter 9?

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