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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 10 Section 30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator do when she first wonders if the beggar woman she sees in Section 23 is dead?
(a) Tells the laundry woman about her.
(b) Immediately runs to her side.
(c) Watches her for an hour.
(d) Decides it's not her problem and ignores her.

2. What is true of the weather in Section 23?
(a) The heat remains stifling.
(b) Constant rains make the streets too muddy to walk in.
(c) There are blue skies and no signs of rain.
(d) The heat has subsided and monsoon season has begun.

3. Why does the narrator start sleeping in the outdoor courtyard with Inder Lal's family?
(a) To be close to Inder Lal.
(b) To escape the rodents.
(c) To see the stars.
(d) To escape the heat.

4. What do Karim and his friends think about the narrator's plans to visit India?
(a) That she will find the answers she is seeking.
(b) That modern India is an impossible place to live.
(c) That a Westerner won't last for a month.
(d) That she will fit in effortlessly.

5. What is different about Chid when he returns on August 15th?
(a) He is married.
(b) He is a Christian.
(c) He is a father.
(d) He is crippled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Nawab joke about on the day that he and Olivia make love for the first time?

2. What does the palace watchman give to the narrator?

3. What is a suttee?

4. Who does the narrator discover when she investigates the royal tomb on March 30th?

5. What happens when Olivia plays the piano for the Nawab?

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