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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disappoints Papa about Arun as Arun gets older?
(a) Arun does not view his father as infallible.
(b) Arun believes females are the equal of males.
(c) Arun will not eat meat.
(d) Arun is interested in law.

2. Why are Mama and Papa angry when Uma returns home after dinner out with a relative?
(a) She is very late.
(b) She talks back to her parents.
(c) She tells her parents she was with a man.
(d) She is tipsy.

3. To what kind of life do Uma and Arun resign themselves?
(a) Religious.
(b) Intellectual stimulation but strict.
(c) Comfort and boredom.
(d) Subservience.

4. What irritates Papa when they go to the park?
(a) The loud music.
(b) The barking dogs.
(c) The number of people there.
(d) The trash.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Papa act once he gets home from the hospital after Mama delivers a baby boy?

2. When does Uma hear human voices at the Ashram?

3. How old is Uma at the opening to Chapter 3?

4. Where does Uma sneak off to one day?

5. Where does Uma accompany Mira-Masi when the old woman visits?

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