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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why couldn't the daughter find a husband?
(a) There are no men in town.
(b) She doesn't care.
(c) She's ugly.
(d) Her parents are poor.

2. What does the narrator discuss with Dr. Mitra at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) The weather.
(b) Dr. Mitra's family.
(c) Nitin's possession.
(d) Enlightenment.

3. What "Indian disease" does Dr. Mitra claim the narrator has?
(a) Indifference to evil.
(b) Making everything holy.
(c) Delusions of grandeur.
(d) Malaria.

4. Why does Tariq Mia begin to tell the narrator his story?
(a) So he will understand true struggle.
(b) So he will better understand the human heart.
(c) So he will take life less seriously.
(d) So he will appreciate nature.

5. What sounds did the father use to teach his daughter music?
(a) Water.
(b) Drums.
(c) Machines.
(d) Birds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nitin was offered two jobs: managing a tea estate or _______.

2. After the narrator's meeting with the monk, why does he avoid the caves?

3. What does Tariq Mia explain is the Jain monk's only love?

4. According to the monk's father, what do people from the West see of India?

5. What does "Narmada" mean in Sanskrit?

(see the answer key)

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