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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Uma collect?
(a) Stamps.
(b) Dolls.
(c) Coins.
(d) Christmas cards.

2. Why does Uma seldom have privacy anymore by Chapter 4?
(a) Her brother bothers her constantly to play with him.
(b) Her parents seldom leave the house.
(c) Her mother has two more children.
(d) Her sister is still at home and unmarried and looks to Uma for companionship.

3. 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) She wishes it had been a baby girl.
(c) She loves everything about it.
(d) Her school work is suffering.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Uma's world suddenly brighten one day in Chapter 5?

2. What decision do Uma's parents make that displeases her?

3. How does Aruna see her parents in relation to her in-laws?

4. What does Uma say the atmosphere at the Ashram is like?

5. What is unfortunate for Aruna when she becomes of marriageable age?

(see the answer key)

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