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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 is Nitin amused by the tea estate?
(a) It looked like a British fantasy of India.
(b) It was so poorly run.
(c) The people were very intelligent.
(d) It looked like a fairy tale.

2. What is the benefit of Imrat performing in the park?
(a) He gets money.
(b) He makes friends.
(c) He is well respected.
(d) He gets fresh air.

3. Who is charged with Imrat's murder?
(a) Master Mohan's wife.
(b) The musicians.
(c) Imrat's classmate.
(d) Master Mohan.

4. In the Jain monk's story, the crowd at the ceremony is excited by what, other than his diamonds?
(a) How tolerant his father is.
(b) How handsome he's become.
(c) That he is giving up his wealth.
(d) How brave he is.

5. Why must Nitin make a clay figure of the goddess and submerge it?
(a) To mark his defiance.
(b) To start a new life.
(c) To exorcize himself.
(d) To clean the figure.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Master" is a title for a ________.

2. What about Rima's marriage distresses Nitin?

3. Why does Tariq Mia begin to tell the narrator his story?

4. What kind of family is Nitin's family from?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 8, the narrator has finished reading ______.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the narrator's dilemma with bringing Nitin back to the guesthouse after he's released from the hospital.

2. What are the benefits of being a courtesan?

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

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

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

6. What is crucial to Nitin's state of mind (then and now) that we learn through his relationship with Rima?

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

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

9. Why does Nitin create a new persona for managing the tea estate?

10. Why is Nitin an exception to Vano law?

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