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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What religion is Tariq Mia?
(a) Buddhist.
(b) Hindu.
(c) Muslim.
(d) Christian.

2. Why must Nitin make a clay figure of the goddess and submerge it?
(a) To start a new life.
(b) To exorcize himself.
(c) To mark his defiance.
(d) To clean the figure.

3. How has Nitin's presence disrupted the narrator's life?
(a) He's always worrying about him.
(b) He makes the narrator feel inadequate.
(c) He has loud parties.
(d) He talks too much.

4. Why does the narrator not know that Nitin has gone?
(a) Nitin placed a dummy in his bed.
(b) There were voices coming from Nitin's room.
(c) He didn't expect Nitin to run away.
(d) He was asleep.

5. What does Master Mohan see Imrat as?
(a) A meal ticket.
(b) A second chance.
(c) A burden.
(d) A servant.

6. How do we learn more about Nitin in Chapter 7?
(a) His father writes the narrator a letter.
(b) His diary.
(c) Nitin talks in his sleep.
(d) He tells his story to the narrator.

7. Who does the narrator receive a letter from?
(a) His sister.
(b) His cousin.
(c) An old colleague.
(d) A mysterious woman.

8. What do the Vano believe is special about Nitin?
(a) He speaks an unknown language.
(b) He's been touched by the goddess.
(c) He is very intelligent.
(d) He has magical powers.

9. What is Master Mohan's only escape?
(a) She doesn't like him.
(b) She can't afford to support him.
(c) He makes her look old.
(d) She could get money for him.

10. How is Nitin protected from the struggles in India?
(a) He fled the country.
(b) He never left the house.
(c) He was completely oblivious.
(d) His luxurious life.

11. What causes possession, in the doctor's opinion?
(a) If one believes they are.
(b) Emotional trauma.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Bad karma.

12. Why is Imrat killed?
(a) So he wouldn't talk to the police.
(b) Because he had a terrible voice.
(c) Because he was a thief.
(d) So no one else could enjoy his music.

13. Who does Nitin become while managing the tea estate?
(a) A woman.
(b) A tea estate worker.
(c) His fake persona.
(d) An overly controlling boss.

14. Why doesn't the narrator want to take Nitin back to the guesthouse?
(a) He's unstable.
(b) All his friends will have to come.
(c) He smells bad.
(d) He can't pay for his room.

15. What does the narrator stop to watch on his way home?
(a) Children playing stickball.
(b) The Narmada's waves.
(c) Vano Village women.
(d) A woman waiting at the bus stop.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator enjoys Tariq Mia's song until he realizes how _______ the lyrics are.

2. What about Rima's marriage distresses Nitin?

3. Why does Nitin bring books to the tea estate?

4. What kind of family is Nitin's family from?

5. What does the monk claim he will gain from enduring the trials of being a monk?

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