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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4 Section 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator say her grandmother is in the first section of the novel?
(a) Tessie.
(b) Marcia.
(c) Olivia.
(d) Beth.

2. Why does the Nawab tell Douglas he is visiting on the day that Douglas arrives home during one of the Nawab's regular visits to Olivia?
(a) To offer a traditional prayer of welcome for their home.
(b) To congratulate Douglas for the way he handled a recent death.
(c) To invite Douglas to work in the palace.
(d) To invite Douglas and Olivia to a dinner in their honor.

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

4. Who visits Olivia four days after she and Douglas attend their first dinner party at the palace?
(a) Mrs. Crawford.
(b) Mr. Crawford.
(c) The Nawab.
(d) Major Minnies.

5. How does the narrator describe her relationship with her grandfather?
(a) They disliked each other.
(b) They were very close.
(c) She hardly remembers him.
(d) She never met him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prompts the narrator to investigate the royal tomb on March 30th?

2. What best describes the royal tombs visited by the narrator in Section 13?

3. Who gives Olivia's letters to Marcia?

4. Who befriends the narrator and gets her good deals at the bazaar in Section 11?

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

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