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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the person the narrator discovers inside the royal tomb there, in Section 13?
(a) The person is praying.
(b) The person is being held prisoner.
(c) The person is hiding.
(d) The person is sick with fever.

2. Who recommended the treatment that Ritu is receiving that makes her scream?
(a) Inder Lal's mother.
(b) A psychiatrist.
(c) It is a common treatment in Satipur.
(d) Chid.

3. How do the townspeople treat Chid?
(a) With curiosity.
(b) With respect.
(c) With fear.
(d) With disdain.

4. What happens when Olivia plays the piano for the Nawab?
(a) He loses interest and leaves.
(b) He breaks down in tears.
(c) He starts to sing.
(d) He sits down at the other piano and plays.

5. Describe the pianos that the Nawab shows to Olivia.
(a) Both are in disrepair.
(b) One is a baby grand, the other is a child-sized spinnet.
(c) One is black and the other is white.
(d) Both are well-maintained.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accompanies the narrator to the royal tombs in Section 13?

2. What best describes Chid as a houseguest?

3. What does the narrator say she learns about the house where Olivia and Douglas used to live in the February 16th journal entry?

4. Whose father died from a stroke when he was only 15?

5. Who does not agree that a suttee is a form of suicide?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the importance of the red strings in Section 26.

2. How will the pilgrimage help Ritu?

3. How does the Nawab show his contempt for Saunders in Section 24?

4. Describe the narrator's clothing and her reasons for choosing them in Section 4.

5. Why don't Ritu's screams in Section 18 bother Chid?

6. Describe Harry's argument with Olivia in Section 22.

7. Why does Olivia want a child in Section 20?

8. Explain how the narrator's sleep is interrupted in Section 10.

9. Does the narrator trust Maji?

10. How does Olivia feel about her pregnancy in Section 32?

(see the answer keys)

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