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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. What does Master Mohan see Imrat as?
(a) A burden.
(b) A servant.
(c) A second chance.
(d) A meal ticket.

2. In the story of the Kabirvad Tree, what created it?
(a) Buddha.
(b) Kabir's toothbrush.
(c) The Jain monk's prayers.
(d) The Narmada River.

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

4. Why do the Jain monks shave their heads?
(a) To look alike.
(b) To avoid human vanity.
(c) To stay cool.
(d) To avoid lice.

5. Why can't anyone accompany Nitin?
(a) Everyone's afraid of him.
(b) He runs too fast.
(c) He asked everyone not to.
(d) No outsiders are allowed in the Vano Village.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Nitin run off to?

2. When Tariq Mia teases the narrator, he often is suggesting that the narrator is _______.

3. Why does the narrator not know that Nitin has gone?

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

5. Why are Nitin's friends surprised that he took a job in the country?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Nitin in the hospital?

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

3. In the doctor's opinion, is Nitin possessed and can he be cured?

4. Why does Master Mohan kill himself?

5. What is Ashok's desire in becoming a monk?

6. Does the narrator begin to feel more of an authority on the subject of tribal rituals?

7. What is the Vano ritual of purging a possession and how does it work?

8. What is the role of the Narmada river in Chapter 5?

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

10. Why is Nitin an exception to Vano law?

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