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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7 Section 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator first notice the beggar woman in Section 23?
(a) By the suttee shrine.
(b) At the bazaar where she buys her food.
(c) At the place where she takes her clothes.
(d) Outside the house where Olivia used to live.

2. Where does the Nawab keep his pianos?
(a) In a beautiful conservatory with glass windows overlooking the garden.
(b) In the Grand Hall.
(c) At the end of a log maze of halls and rooms.
(d) In his private quarters.

3. In whose arms does the old beggar woman die?
(a) Inder Lal's mother's.
(b) Maji's.
(c) The narrator's.
(d) Ruti's.

4. Why is the beggar woman who the narrator brings to the hospital living on the streets?
(a) She was evicted by her family after her husband died.
(b) Her husband divorced her and kicked her out of the home.
(c) She has no remaining relatives.
(d) No one knows where she comes from.

5. What is noticeable about the beggar woman that the narrator notices and ends up helping?
(a) She is crippled and sits on a low platform with wheels.
(b) She never speaks; she holds out her hands when hungry.
(c) She is blind and wears a band over her eyes.
(d) She sings throughout the day to earn money from passersby.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Harry take the berth that Douglas has arranged for him?

2. What does Olivia see in the room with the Nawab's pianos?

3. Who tells the narrator the old beggar woman's name?

4. What does Harry tell the narrator and Mrs. Crawford about his mother in Section 15?

5. Why is the person the narrator discovers inside the royal tomb there, in Section 13?

(see the answer key)

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