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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 18 - 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Uma and Aruna feel about their mother's pregnancy?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Joy.
(c) Bitterness.
(d) Shame.

2. What does Papa demand at his meals?
(a) Intelligent conversation.
(b) For his family to listen to his daily soliloquies.
(c) Meat.
(d) Silence.

3. What is Mr. Patton doing as Arun arrives at the home?
(a) Clipping hedges.
(b) Grilling steaks.
(c) Washing the dog.
(d) Mowing the yard.

4. What does Dr. Dutt want of Uma?
(a) Her help in running a nurses' dorm.
(b) For help in setting up a nursery.
(c) For her to be a nanny for an American couple.
(d) For her to be a nanny for an English couple.

5. Where is Arun at the opening of the novel?
(a) In the United States.
(b) In England.
(c) In Italy.
(d) In India.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the implication of Mama's illness for Uma?

2. What is Uma's response when the man interested in marrying her arrives at her house?

3. What does Uma drink when out to dinner?

4. Who is Anamika?

5. Why does receiving an aerogramme from Papa irritate Arun?

(see the answer key)

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