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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of family is Nitin's family from?
(a) A poor family.
(b) He has no family.
(c) A mobster family.
(d) A wealthy family.

2. Why is Nitin amused by the tea estate?
(a) The people were very intelligent.
(b) It was so poorly run.
(c) It looked like a fairy tale.
(d) It looked like a British fantasy of India.

3. Where must Nitin submerge the figure?
(a) The Narmada River.
(b) In the baptismal.
(c) A bowl of holy water.
(d) In a spring on the mountain.

4. Why do Jain monks cover their mouths?
(a) To prevent accidentally killing insects.
(b) To prevent themselves from talking too much.
(c) To conceal their good looks.
(d) So they won't get ill.

5. In the Jain monk's story, the crowd at the ceremony is excited by what, other than his diamonds?
(a) How handsome he's become.
(b) How tolerant his father is.
(c) That he is giving up his wealth.
(d) How brave he is.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's primary anxiety about Nitin?

2. Why must Nitin make a clay figure of the goddess and submerge it?

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

4. What is special about Imrat?

5. Why does Tariq Mia begin to tell the narrator his story?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the archaeology crew affect the narrator's view of his escape?

2. What is India's perception of the West? The West of India?

3. How are courtesans meant to interact with noblemen?

4. Why does the Great Sahib kill Imrat?

5. To her parents, what are the daughter's shortcomings?

6. Does the narrator begin to feel more of an authority on the subject of tribal rituals?

7. What is the role of the Narmada river in Chapter 5?

8. Why does Nitin create a new persona for managing the tea estate?

9. Does Nitin live a charmed life before he moves to the tea estate?

10. Why is Master Mohan's wife so bitter?

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