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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does the narrator enjoy about the town of Mahadeo?
(a) The music.
(b) Its energy.
(c) The women.
(d) The calmness.
2. The father would only continue to teach his daughter music if she agreed to marry ______.
(a) Her cousin.
(b) His friend.
(c) Music.
(d) A prince.
3. 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.
4. What do the Aryan's gain by battling at the Narmada?
(a) Success.
(b) Immortality.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Wealth.
5. At the dance academy, what are the girls' dances supposed to convey?
(a) Trees.
(b) Men.
(c) Birds.
(d) Emotions.
6. What is shocking about the woman the narrator helps?
(a) She's beautiful.
(b) She has an accent.
(c) She has horrible grammar.
(d) She's ugly.
7. Why doesn't Tariq Mia think it would be worthwhile to try and find the Naga Baba?
(a) He's changed his appearance.
(b) He's dead.
(c) There is nothing left to learn from him.
(d) He's good at hiding.
8. Why does the elderly woman's daughter agree to perform at an election meeting?
(a) There are lots of handsome men.
(b) They pay her well.
(c) Her mother forced her.
(d) She was forced to.
9. The father says he will die happy if he could sing like _______.
(a) His daughter.
(b) Birds.
(c) A woman.
(d) His father.
10. What "Indian disease" does Dr. Mitra claim the narrator has?
(a) Delusions of grandeur.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Making everything holy.
(d) Indifference to evil.
11. What is the Naga Baba looking for?
(a) An old friend.
(b) A new house.
(c) Cremation grounds.
(d) A temple.
12. The narrator's fascination with Mahadeo always ______ him.
(a) Frightened.
(b) Surprises.
(c) Frustrates.
(d) Delays.
13. What happens to the forest in the elderly woman's hometown?
(a) It became a wildlife preserve.
(b) It was cut down.
(c) It became a national park.
(d) It became inhabited by ghosts.
14. Why does the man decide not to marry the daughter?
(a) She has a terrible voice.
(b) Her mother is crazy.
(c) He is engaged to someone else.
(d) The father said he didn't have to.
15. The Naga Baba finds the jungle _______, but has gotten used to it.
(a) Ugly.
(b) Frightening.
(c) Unbelievable.
(d) Uncomfortable.
Short Answer Questions
1. The woman is on a _______ pilgrimage.
2. What is Shankar's profession?
3. What was the perk of the woman's life as a courtesan?
4. In order to become a Naga, one must ______.
5. At the beginning of Chapter 16, where does the Naga Baba go?
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