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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Jain monk observes that although his father gives to charity, he doesn't ______ poverty.
(a) Prevent.
(b) Understand.
(c) Sympathize with.
(d) Tolerate.

2. What is Tariq Mia's pet name for the narrator?
(a) Funny Buddy.
(b) Cuz.
(c) Know-It-All.
(d) Little Brother.

3. After the narrator's meeting with the monk, why does he avoid the caves?
(a) He's afraid of the dark.
(b) He's afraid of spiders.
(c) So he won't get lost.
(d) So he won't meet another stranger.

4. How much does the Jain monk's father have to pay for his son to renounce the world?
(a) Two thousand rupees.
(b) 50 rupees.
(c) 62 million rupees.
(d) One million rupees.

5. Why does Tariq Mia begin to tell the narrator his story?
(a) So he will understand true struggle.
(b) So he will take life less seriously.
(c) So he will appreciate nature.
(d) So he will better understand the human heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is special about Imrat?

2. What is the doctor's diagnosis of Nitin?

3. What cures possession, in the doctor's opinion?

4. What is the narrator's primary anxiety about Nitin?

5. How is Nitin protected from the struggles in India?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Dr. Mitra's diagnosis for Nitin?

2. Is the narrator obsessive compulsive?

3. Why does Master Mohan's wife try to sabotage Imrat?

4. How important are material goods to the people that Naga Baba blesses?

5. Why doesn't the narrator go near the caves again in Chapter 3?

6. Is the narrator being very egotistical at the beginning of Chapter 14?

7. What parallels can you draw between the woman in the market and Imrat?

8. Is the daughter trusting of Rahul Singh?

9. Why does the Great Sahib kill Imrat?

10. What is Shankar's interest in the Narmada?

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