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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. As the narrator looks at the river one morning, who does the narrator imagine he may see floating in it one day?
(a) Himself.
(b) Tariq Mia.
(c) The monk.
(d) His wife.

2. How does Master Mohan kill himself?
(a) Threw himself in front of a train.
(b) Offered himself as a sacrifice.
(c) Jumped into the river.
(d) Poisoned himself.

3. What can the Vano Village Deity cure?
(a) Madness.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Depression.
(d) Malaria.

4. Why is Nitin Bose in the hospital?
(a) He tried to kill himself.
(b) His father is sick.
(c) He was attacked.
(d) He has a terrible disease.

5. Why won't the narrator go into the caves?
(a) They're haunted.
(b) They're private property.
(c) There are snakes.
(d) He's afraid of the dark.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Imrat killed?

2. Why is Nitin amused by the tea estate?

3. What is the benefit of Imrat performing in the park?

4. What is the doctor's diagnosis of Nitin?

5. Why does Imrat have to practice in the park?

Short Essay Questions

1. How important are material goods to the people that Naga Baba blesses?

2. What is the fault Tariq Mia observes about the narrator's attempt at enlightenment?

3. Why is the narrator hesitant to allow the elderly woman to stay at the guesthouse? What does her situation resemble?

4. In the doctor's opinion, is Nitin possessed and can he be cured?

5. What does the narrator believe the purpose or use of the Narmada is?

6. Why is Nitin an exception to Vano law?

7. What happens to Shahbag?

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

9. Why does Dr. Mitra think the narrator has contracted the "Indian disease" of making everything holy?

10. What is the cause of Nitin's insanity?

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