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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dilip say in regards to the mushroom's Purvi's husband describes which latch onto caterpillars?
(a) He says he knows all about them.
(b) He says he has tried them and they are amazing.
(c) He says it sounds foolish.
(d) He says it does not sound very vegetarian.

2. What do Dilip and Antara find Tara had done when she was in Antara's studio in Chapter 14?
(a) She lit Antara's clothing on fire.
(b) She lit Antara's things on fire.
(c) She reorganized the room.
(d) She tore up Antara's art work.

3. What does Tara begin to think after finding laundry in her basket that she does not remembering putting there?
(a) That Antara must be trying to help.
(b) That someone else is living in her house.
(c) That her maid is slacking off.
(d) That Antara is trying to confuse her.

4. In Chapter 13, what does Antara say Dilip is obsessed with everything being when they discuss the differences between India and America?
(a) Huge.
(b) Perfect.
(c) Sterile.
(d) Neat.

5. What does Sister Maria Theresa call Antara when she wet her bed one night in "1989"?
(a) A reprehensible beggar.
(b) A nasty little thing.
(c) A filthy little Hindu.
(d) A repulsive child.

6. Why is Antara taken to the nurse at her boarding school toward the end of "1989"?
(a) She had a high fever.
(b) She developed red blotches on her face.
(c) She was vomiting.
(d) She passed out.

7. What is the name of the women who moves in next door to Antara and Dilip after the Governor's move out?
(a) Ellen.
(b) Lana.
(c) Lynn.
(d) Elaine.

8. What event in Chapter 18 results in Antara deciding to stay at her mother's with her?
(a) Tara left her apartment in her nightgown at night and tried to hail a rickshaw.
(b) Antara discovered her mother had not been eating.
(c) Tara left her oven on all night and nearly started a fire.
(d) Antara discovered her mother had not been bathing.

9. What is the name of the boarding school Antara attended in "1989"?
(a) Panchgani School for Girls.
(b) Sister Agatha.
(c) Sister Agnes.
(d) Sister Ignatius.

10. What does Antara begin feeding her mother more of because she read it makes for a clean brain?
(a) Vegetables.
(b) Fish.
(c) Sugars.
(d) Fats.

11. What type of business does Purvi's husband suggest he and Dilip go into in Chapter 16?
(a) Food and hospitality.
(b) Medicinal mushrooms.
(c) Real estate.
(d) Pharmaceuticals.

12. What does Tara tell Antara she needs to stop doing at the end of Chapter 18?
(a) Paying her maid.
(b) Living at her apartment.
(c) Making her drawings.
(d) Trying to take are of her.

13. In Chapter 22, what is one of the things Antara complains to her mother about because she knows she will not remember?
(a) How Dilip sweats at night.
(b) How Dilip puts chocolate in the fridge.
(c) How Dilip makes an annoying sound when he eats.
(d) How Dilip snores.

14. What does Reza tell Antara when she tells him how repulsive she finds him in "1996"?
(a) She is beautiful.
(b) She really hurt his feelings.
(c) She is no beauty queen.
(d) She should move out.

15. What does Tara do after giving Antara water in "1986"?
(a) She hits her.
(b) She tells her she will be okay.
(c) She cradles her and cries.
(d) She tells her they are leaving the ashram.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Tara sure Antara did not take the photo she shows her in Chapter 24?

2. Who is Antara trying to accomodate by offering a variety of dishes at dinner on Chapter 16?

3. Where do the girls sleep at Antara's boarding school in "1989"?

4. What significant event occurred in Chapter 18 which caused Tara grief?

5. What does Reza do when he first sees Antara in "2003"?

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