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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3 Section 9 | Part 3 Section 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who volunteers to take the narrator to the Nawab's palace in Khatm for the first time?
(a) Mr. Crawford.
(b) Inder Lal.
(c) Harry.
(d) Douglas.

2. What best describes the Nawab's palace during the narrator's first visit?
(a) Gloomy and crumbling.
(b) Practically empty.
(c) Ornate and impressive.
(d) Bustling with activity.

3. What does the palace watchman give to the narrator?
(a) A key.
(b) The rupees she drops on the way in.
(c) Rock sugar and flower petals.
(d) Mango leaves.

4. What game do Olivia and Nawab play when he first takes her to the grove?
(a) Hide and go seek.
(b) Charades.
(c) Musical chairs.
(d) The Begum.

5. Who is the recipient of Olivia's letters that are in the narrator's possession?
(a) Beth.
(b) Ritu.
(c) Mrs. Saunders.
(d) Marcia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator start sleeping in the outdoor courtyard with Inder Lal's family?

2. What paperwork does the narrator keep on her small desk in Part 1, Section 3?

3. What does the narrator notice about the relationship between Ritu and Inder Lal's mother?

4. According to the narrator's first journal entry, where does she spend her first night in Bombay?

5. Who does the narrator say her grandmother is in the first section of the novel?

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