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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the beggar woman who the narrator brings to the hospital living on the streets?
(a) No one knows where she comes from.
(b) She was evicted by her family after her husband died.
(c) She has no remaining relatives.
(d) Her husband divorced her and kicked her out of the home.

2. Who does Olivia first tell about her pregnancy?
(a) The Nawab.
(b) Douglas.
(c) The Begum.
(d) Harry.

3. How do the midwives perform Olivia's abortion?
(a) With a sharp utensil and chloroform.
(b) With black kohash.
(c) With alcohol and a pill.
(d) With a massage.

4. Where does Olivia go after her abortion?
(a) To England.
(b) To the hospital.
(c) To her home.
(d) To the palace.

5. How long does the narrator intend to stay at her proposed destination at the end of the story?
(a) Until her child is born.
(b) She doesn't know how long she will stay.
(c) Until the next monsoon season.
(d) Until she receives the ticket back to England.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator first notice the beggar woman in Section 23?

2. What is learned about Chid's separation from Ritu on her pilgrimage when he returns to the narrator's room without her?

3. What does the narrator say that Douglas's only son becomes when he grows up?

4. What does Maji offer the narrator in Section 33?

5. What does the narrator tell Maji in the final section of the novel?

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