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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 "1981", Chapter 7 and Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Antara's father's family move so often when he was young?
(a) His father was on the run.
(b) They were a military family.
(c) His father had to move for work.
(d) His mother was never happy where they were.

2. Why does Antara's father chastise her when she visits him in Chapter 4?
(a) For not answering his calls.
(b) For not telling him she was coming over.
(c) For not visiting him more often.
(d) For never calling him.

3. What part of their apartment makes Tara uncomfortable, but was a selling point for Dilip?
(a) The many mirrors.
(b) The small kitchen.
(c) The large size.
(d) The loud doorbell.

4. What does Antara to do try to help her mother remember things in the first chapter?
(a) She sits with her and tells her old stories.
(b) She pours over photo albums.
(c) She has Tara's mother tell her stories of her childhood.
(d) She leaves little notes around the house.

5. What was one thing Dilip's mother used to brag that she never did no her own as described in "1981"?
(a) Went grocery shopping.
(b) Took care of a child.
(c) Cleaned a house.
(d) Cooked a meal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Antara begin to collect things as a child?

2. In the first chapter, what does Antara wish was legal in India like it is in the Netherlands?

3. What does the narrator say she has found joy in at times in regards to her mother?

4. What did the pandit do to indicate Antara's divorce from the god during her ceremonial marriage and divorce?

5. How did Antara's father bribe classmates in order to make friends?

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