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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 6 - 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two countries are the settings for “Fasting, Feasting”?
(a) The United States and Malaysia.
(b) The Unites States and Napal.
(c) The United States and China.
(d) India and the United States.

2. What happens with Mira-Masi when she leaves Mama and Papa's home to go to the ashram?
(a) She visits Ramu.
(b) She goes into a hospital.
(c) She and Uma get stuck on a plane on the way to England.
(d) She rallies health-wise.

3. How old is Uma at the opening to Chapter 3?
(a) 15.
(b) 80.
(c) 45.
(d) 20.

4. What does Uma say about having to take care of her new baby brother?
(a) She loves everything about it.
(b) She wishes it had been a baby girl.
(c) She is bitter that another male is being coddled.
(d) Her school work is suffering.

5. What does the prospective groom's family do for a living?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Undertaker.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Cloth merchants.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who convinces Uma to return home from the ashram?

2. What is the purpose of Anamika's beauty for her husband?

3. When does Mira-Masi occasionally appear at Uma's home?

4. What is Papa's vocation?

5. Where is Arun at the opening of the novel?

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