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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who interrupts Olivia's abortion?
(a) The Nawab.
(b) Douglas.
(c) Dr. Saunders.
(d) The Begum.
2. How long does the narrator intend to stay at her proposed destination at the end of the story?
(a) Until she receives the ticket back to England.
(b) Until her child is born.
(c) Until the next monsoon season.
(d) She doesn't know how long she will stay.
3. Where does Olivia go after her abortion?
(a) To England.
(b) To the hospital.
(c) To the palace.
(d) To her home.
4. What does Olivia request to occur after her death?
(a) That her ashes be scattered on the mountainside.
(b) That her body be buried with Douglas.
(c) That the Nawab donate her piano.
(d) That her body be returned to England.
5. What happens when Olivia goes to have an abortion?
(a) She is blindfolded and taken to a small room.
(b) She is met by an older woman who doesn't speak.
(c) She is stripped and covered with a sheet.
(d) She wears a burka and is led down a dark alley.
6. What is Samadhi?
(a) A body of water created by a monsoon.
(b) The connection between a mother and her unborn child.
(c) A higher state of consciousness.
(d) A glimpse of the future.
7. Where does the narrator say that Douglas's only son grows up?
(a) In England and America.
(b) With Olivia in a Himalayan town.
(c) In Satipur City.
(d) In India and England.
8. What does the person who interrupts Olivia's abortion do?
(a) Takes her home.
(b) Holds her tight.
(c) Looks into her eyes.
(d) Cries and begs.
9. How are Olivia's visits to the palace affected after she tells the Nawab that she is pregnant?
(a) She visits more often.
(b) She spends more time with the Begum.
(c) She visits less often.
(d) She stops going.
10. What else do Olivia and the Nawab do together on the day they first make love?
(a) Tie red strings and make wishes.
(b) Pick mangoes and feed each other.
(c) Discuss naming the baby.
(d) Read poems to each other.
11. Who does the narrator believe is the father of the pregnant person she learns about on July 31st?
(a) The mango seller from the bazaar.
(b) Inder Lal.
(c) Chid.
(d) A sudhu.
12. Where do the narrator and Inder Lal go together in Section 25?
(a) To the Suttee Shrine.
(b) To a healer.
(c) To a Hindu celebration.
(d) To Baba Firdau's Shrine.
13. What does the narrator tell Maji in the final section of the novel?
(a) Inder Lal is taking her on a trip.
(b) She wants to become a midwife.
(c) She is having pain in her belly.
(d) She is leaving Satipur.
14. What does the narrator do when she first wonders if the beggar woman she sees in Section 23 is dead?
(a) Immediately runs to her side.
(b) Watches her for an hour.
(c) Tells the laundry woman about her.
(d) Decides it's not her problem and ignores her.
15. When does Olivia cease writing letters to Marcia?
(a) After the Nawab's death.
(b) After she remarries.
(c) After she leaves Douglas.
(d) After she has a child.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the narrator do on the way back to her room after learning of the pregnancy in Section 23?
2. How does Inder Lal react to Chid's reappearance in Section 28?
3. How do the people at the hospital ward react to the narrator after she empties the bed pan of the man in the bed next to Chid?
4. Who do Harry, the Nawab, and Olivia laugh at in Section 24?
5. How does the narrator feel about her pregnancy when she visits Maji's hut?
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