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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who tells the narrator the old beggar woman's name?
(a) Inder Lal's mother.
(b) The laundry woman.
(c) Ruti.
(d) Maji.
2. What is noticeable about the beggar woman that the narrator notices and ends up helping?
(a) She is blind and wears a band over her eyes.
(b) She never speaks; she holds out her hands when hungry.
(c) She sings throughout the day to earn money from passersby.
(d) She is crippled and sits on a low platform with wheels.
3. Who do Harry, the Nawab, and Olivia laugh at in Section 24?
(a) Douglas.
(b) Dr. Saunders.
(c) Major Minnies.
(d) Mrs. Saunders.
4. What does the doctor at the hospital ward say is wrong with Chid?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Nothing but a weakness of character.
(c) Rapidly advancing cancer.
(d) Dysentery, and a number of other ailments.
5. How does Olivia feel about the fact that she is not yet pregnant in Section 22?
(a) Relieved, as she wants to leave Douglas.
(b) Disappointed, because she wants children.
(c) Relieved; she never really wanted to have children.
(d) Concerned, because she is afraid there is something wrong with her.
6. Where does Olivia go after her abortion?
(a) To the palace.
(b) To her home.
(c) To England.
(d) To the hospital.
7. What does the narrator reveal about Douglas' children in her August 20th journal entry?
(a) He has a son with Olivia and a daugther with Tessie.
(b) He has a daughter with Olivia and a son with Tessie.
(c) He has one son with Tessie and no other children.
(d) He has two children, but the mother is not mentioned
8. When is the first time that Olivia calls the Nawab by his name?
(a) When they add 3 red ribbons to the shrine.
(b) Just before she tells him about her pregnancy.
(c) After he tells her that he is glad she is pregnant.
(d) When they play the piano duet.
9. What happens when Olivia goes to have an abortion?
(a) She is met by an older woman who doesn't speak.
(b) She is stripped and covered with a sheet.
(c) She wears a burka and is led down a dark alley.
(d) She is blindfolded and taken to a small room.
10. What is true of the schedule that Olivia and Douglas keep in Section 24?
(a) Olivia stays up late at night and sleeps late in the morning.
(b) Douglas come to bed hours after Olivia.
(c) Douglas goes to bed very early and insists that Olivia does the same.
(d) Olivia gets up early to make breakfast for Douglas.
11. What is Chid's status in Section 30?
(a) He has been released from the hospital.
(b) He is comatose.
(c) He is dying.
(d) He is admitted to the hopsital.
12. In Section 24, why does Douglas seem to believe that Olivia travels frequently to Khatm?
(a) To visit the Begum.
(b) To accompany Beth Crawford.
(c) To visit the library.
(d) To visit Harry.
13. Where does the narrator take a room in the final chapter?
(a) In her grandmother's town.
(b) In town X, in the Himalayas.
(c) In Maji's hut.
(d) In the mountain house where Olivia last lived.
14. What does Dr. Saunders express after learning about Olivia's induced "miscarriage"?
(a) Disbelief.
(b) Disdain.
(c) Sympathy.
(d) Concern.
15. What does the narrator tell Inder Lal about her pregnancy upon Chid's return?
(a) That she has had an abortion.
(b) Nothing.
(c) That the child is his.
(d) That the child is Chid's.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Olivia live after leaving Douglas?
2. Where does the narrator plan to go in Section 36?
3. What does the narrator tell Maji in the final section of the novel?
4. What is different about Chid when he returns on August 15th?
5. Why does Olivia want to consult Dr. Saunders in Section 24?
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