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

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

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

4. The narrator was once a bureaucrat, but is now a ___________.
(a) Monk.
(b) Salesman.
(c) Naga Baba.
(d) Vanaprasthi.

5. What is the Jain monk's real name?
(a) Ashok.
(b) Padman.
(c) Rajas.
(d) Nikhil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tariq Mia's pet name for the narrator?

2. What is special about the placement of the guesthouse on the banks of the Narmada River?

3. When one renounces the world, how long must one fast for?

4. What is the narrator's job at the guesthouse?

5. What can the Vano Village Deity cure?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator enjoy about Mahadeo?

2. Why does Master Mohan kill himself?

3. Are any of the daughter's shortcomings correctable?

4. What is the question of Nitin's identity?

5. Why does Dr. Mitra think the narrator has contracted the "Indian disease" of making everything holy?

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

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

8. What are the requirements of being a Jain monk?

9. What is the significance of the guns in Chapter 11?

10. What are the ceremonies of becoming a monk?

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