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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. Why isn't Master Mohan respected?
(a) His family is rude.
(b) He has a disease.
(c) He is a criminal.
(d) His family was poor.

2. Why does Nitin believe he can't stay awake?
(a) Because the world is too scary.
(b) Because his life is so boring.
(c) Because he drinks too much tea.
(d) Because he's enchanted.

3. Maser Mohan's wife is ______ towards him.
(a) Loving.
(b) Bitter.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Awkward.

4. How is Nitin protected from the struggles in India?
(a) His luxurious life.
(b) He never left the house.
(c) He was completely oblivious.
(d) He fled the country.

5. The narrator enjoys Tariq Mia's song until he realizes how _______ the lyrics are.
(a) Sentimental.
(b) Racist.
(c) Nonsensical.
(d) Savage.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do we learn more about Nitin in Chapter 7?

2. Why does the monk's father regret letting his son live in the West?

3. How much does the Jain monk's father have to pay for his son to renounce the world?

4. As the narrator looks at the river one morning, who does the narrator imagine he may see floating in it one day?

5. According to the Jain monk, ritual means nothing if you don't do what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Does the narrator understand the human heart?

3. How are courtesans meant to interact with noblemen?

4. What are the father's philosophies on music?

5. How does the narrator feel about Tariq Mia's village?

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

7. Why is the Jain monk's only love the human heart?

8. What is Tariq Mia's advice about "destiny" and how does it contradict to what the narrator has been told through the book?

9. What is India's perception of the West? The West of India?

10. What does the narrator believe the purpose or use of the Narmada is?

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