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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Dr. Aziz borrow Hamidullah's horse?
(a) To escape the city.
(b) To go riding with Adela Quested.
(c) To visit a friend.
(d) To play polo.

2. Why does Cyril Fielding go into the city in Chapter 21?
(a) To meet with Adela.
(b) To go to work.
(c) To meet with Aziz.
(d) To discuss Aziz's situation.

3. How does Cyril Fielding shock Dr. Aziz and his friends?
(a) He tells them that he is engaged.
(b) He tells him that Aziz's illness is potentially fatal.
(c) He tells them he doesn't believe in God.
(d) He tells them about his visit to a brothel.

4. What does Mr. Turton expect Cyril Fielding to do?
(a) Fight for Dr. Aziz because he knows he is innocent.
(b) Determine all the facts before making a decision.
(c) Rally for Adela Quested because of her race.
(d) Leave the country and avoid the trial.

5. After Ronny Heaslop and Mrs. Moore talk about Dr. Aziz, ____.
(a) Mrs. Moore is upset that Dr. Aziz has been misunderstood.
(b) Mrs. Moore immediately tells Adela Questad of their conversation.
(c) Ronny Heaslop decides to warn Adela Questad of the dangers in the mosque.
(d) Ronny Heaslop tells Mrs. Moore to invite Dr. Aziz to the Bridge Party.

6. Why is Dr. Aziz arrested?
(a) Adela Quested has accused him of stealing her field glasses.
(b) Mrs. Moore has accused him of stealing her field glasses.
(c) Adela Quested has accused him of assaulting her in one of the caves.
(d) Mrs. Moore has accused him of assaulting her in one of the caves.

7. After talking to Mrs. Moore and discussing Mr. Callendar, Dr. Aziz decides that she is_____.
(a) Like other British women because she talks to much.
(b) Different from other British women because she is pretty.
(c) Like other British women because she sides with Mr. Callendar.
(d) Different from other British women because she listens to him.

8. What does Cyril Fielding think of Adela Quested's accusations?
(a) He thinks they are true.
(b) He thinks that they are not malicious and she is just mistaken.
(c) He thinks she is a liar.
(d) He thinks she is purposely trying to bring down Aziz.

9. Cyril Fielding, the principal at the college, visits with Mrs. Moore and Adela Quested and invites them to tea. Why?
(a) He prefers intimate events and is overwhelmed by the Bridge party.
(b) He wants to get to know the women better in the absence of Indians.
(c) He is proud of the tea that is served in India and wants them to experience it.
(d) He is ashamed and angry that the Indians have been invited to the Bridge party and have been treated so badly.

10. Who says, "I believe Dr. Aziz to be innocent"?
(a) Professor Godbole.
(b) Adela Quested.
(c) Ronny Heaslop
(d) Cyril Fielding.

11. What does Mrs. Moore hear in the cave?
(a) Footsteps.
(b) Voices.
(c) Echoes.
(d) Monkeys.

12. A Passage to India is set in Chandrapore, India on the banks of the Ganges River. Which of the following is true about the city?
(a) The British live on the banks of the river.
(b) The club and government offices are located on the bank of the river.
(c) Poverty characterizes the banks of the river.
(d) The second tier of the city is filled with poverty.

13. What is described in Chapter 12?
(a) The Club.
(b) Fielding's Office.
(c) Aziz's Hovel.
(d) The Marabar Caves.

14. Who questions the allegations and insists on talking to Adela?
(a) Mr. Turton.
(b) Cyril Fielding.
(c) Ronny Heaslop.
(d) Mrs. Moore.

15. Who misses the train on the way to the caves?
(a) Cyril Fielding and Professor Godbole.
(b) Professor Godbole and Adela Quested.
(c) Cyril Fielding and Adela Quested.
(d) Ronny Heaslop and ProfessorGodbole.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month is Chapter 10 set?

2. Who says, "I travel light"?

3. What was in Dr. Aziz's pocket when the police searched him?

4. Who is the leading barrister of Chandrapore with a Cambridge degree?

5. Adela Quested had known Ronny Heaslop well in England and had come to India to visit him before deciding to be his wife. At the beginning of Chapter 8, how does Adela feel about Ronny?

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