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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. How does the narrator know it's Nitin who's in trouble?
(a) He recognized his last name.
(b) He prophesized it.
(c) He expected as much.
(d) He recognized his voice.

2. Why does the narrator not know that Nitin has gone?
(a) He was asleep.
(b) There were voices coming from Nitin's room.
(c) He didn't expect Nitin to run away.
(d) Nitin placed a dummy in his bed.

3. What is Tariq Mia's purpose in telling this story?
(a) To discuss the human heart.
(b) To pass the time.
(c) To scare the narrator.
(d) To brag about his intelligence.

4. Why does Nitin bring books to the tea estate?
(a) To educate the workers.
(b) To pass the time.
(c) To use as table space.
(d) To look like a scholar.

5. According to the monk's father, what do people from the West see of India?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Jain monk's story, the crowd at the ceremony is excited by what, other than his diamonds?

2. How does Master Mohan kill himself?

3. From a young age, the monk's father taught him to be what?

4. Why isn't Master Mohan respected?

5. In the monk's story, when his chariot is being swarmed, what is the fear in his father's eyes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the woman in the market set up what is to come in Chapter 13?

2. What happens to Shahbag?

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

4. What is the cause of Nitin's insanity?

5. What is the narrator's primary concern in Chapter 8?

6. What is the fault Tariq Mia observes about the narrator's attempt at enlightenment?

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

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

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

10. To her parents, what are the daughter's shortcomings?

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