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

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

3. What about Rima's marriage distresses Nitin?
(a) She is unfaithful.
(b) Her husband is poor.
(c) Her husband is abusive.
(d) She loves her husband too much.

4. Who is charged with Imrat's murder?
(a) Master Mohan's wife.
(b) Master Mohan.
(c) Imrat's classmate.
(d) The musicians.

5. What does the monk claim he will gain from enduring the trials of being a monk?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Peace.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Fearlessness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the narrator's job at the guesthouse?

3. Why must the narrator take Nitin back to the guesthouse?

4. In the story of the Kabirvad Tree, what created it?

5. How do we learn more about Nitin in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Tariq Mia's advice about "destiny" and how does it contradict to what the narrator has been told through the book?

2. How does Ashok's father feel about him becoming a monk?

3. What is the narrator's dilemma with bringing Nitin back to the guesthouse after he's released from the hospital.

4. In Chapter 11, who is the narrator primarily concerned for?

5. What is Dr. Mitra's diagnosis for Nitin?

6. Why doesn't the narrator go near the caves again in Chapter 3?

7. What is crucial to Nitin's state of mind (then and now) that we learn through his relationship with Rima?

8. How is Imrat a second chance for Master Mohan?

9. What is the Vano ritual of purging a possession and how does it work?

10. What does the narrator enjoy about Mahadeo?

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