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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 3 - 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Mama and Papa do on occasional evenings at the club?
(a) Play shuffleboard.
(b) Bet or horse races.
(c) Play cars.
(d) Swim.

2. What does Papa do every day after work?
(a) Visit the temple.
(b) Call his father.
(c) Play tennis.
(d) Play cricket.

3. What decision do Uma's parents make that displeases her?
(a) Uma will not return to the convent school.
(b) Uma will go to boarding school in the fall.
(c) Uma must marry a young man she despises.
(d) Uma has to stay in India instead of going to the United States for school.

4. What does Uma do when she finds the person for whom she is searching in Chapter 3?
(a) She greets her calmly and happily.
(b) She slaps him.
(c) She collapses.
(d) She pleads with him for a job.

5. How does Uma get home from her trip she sneaks off to make?
(a) The proprietor of the shop she wants a job at takes her.
(b) The school van.
(c) Her father comes to get her.
(d) Her best friend's brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the new baby boy born?

2. What do Uma and Aruna feel about their mother's pregnancy?

3. What does Uma say about having to take care of her new baby brother?

4. What does Papa demand at his meals?

5. Why does Uma seldom have privacy anymore by Chapter 4?

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