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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dilip's mother ask Tara when they are planning the wedding details at the end of the second chapter?
(a) If they can exclude Antara's grandparents from the wedding.
(b) If Tara would like her to choose her outfit.
(c) If Tara has a date to the wedding.
(d) If they have any family members who can give Antara away.

2. What does the doctor's drawing of the brain in Chapter 1 look like to Antara?
(a) A brain.
(b) A plumbing system.
(c) A fluffy cloud.
(d) A computer system.

3. What does Tara do to Antara when Antara reaches for her after her mother and the guru exchanged a smile?
(a) She falls to her knees and cries.
(b) She does not look at Antara.
(c) She pushes Antara away.
(d) She pulls Antara close to her.

4. 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.

5. What does Baba, the name they call the guru at the ashram, mean?
(a) Father.
(b) Holy one.
(c) King.
(d) God-like.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Antara say her mother's history can be found at the end of "1981"?

2. Where does Tara begin to go when she is pregnant and feeling alienated?

3. What is the name of the man Kali Mata meets who takes her to India?

4. How long after Tara's marriage was Antara born?

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

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