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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When one renounces the world, how long must one fast for?
(a) Until they become a monk.
(b) For one week.
(c) Until they reach enlightenment.
(d) Until the head monk allows them.

2. From a young age, the monk's father taught him to be what?
(a) Vicious.
(b) Non-violent.
(c) Cautious.
(d) Loving.

3. For some time, the narrator feels ________ by the monk's story.
(a) Disturbed.
(b) Inspired.
(c) Judgmental of.
(d) Elated.

4. What has the poet Kabir offered to Indian religions?
(a) Created an alternative to religion.
(b) Offers a single religious text.
(c) United Hinduism and Islam.
(d) Created Hinduism.

5. What can the Vano Village Deity cure?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Madness.
(c) Depression.
(d) Cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Jain monks shave their heads?

2. How much does the Jain monk's father have to pay for his son to renounce the world?

3. As the narrator looks at the river one morning, who does the narrator imagine he may see floating in it one day?

4. What of the river's can the narrator hear at night?

5. What is the reason for the calmness of Tariq Mia's village?

(see the answer key)

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