View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 loud doorbell.
(d) The large size.

3. What did the pandit do to indicate Antara's divorce from the god during her ceremonial marriage and divorce?
(a) Stomp on the bronze idol.
(b) Rip off Antara's blindfold.
(c) Rip off her necklace and smear red paint on her forehead.
(d) Rip the idol from her hands and put it away.

4. What are some of the things Antara now does for her mother at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Bathes her.
(b) Makes sure her bills are paid and her seatbelt is fastened.
(c) Her laundry.
(d) Cooks all her meals.

5. Where is Dilip from originally?
(a) Ireland.
(b) England.
(c) Canada.
(d) America.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Antara share a room with during her time at the ashram?

2. What does the doctor say "are protein formations that usually appear in the brain of Alzheimer's patients" (7)?

3. Where do Tara and her husband plan to move so he could pursue his masters degree?

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

5. What meal does Antara have with her mother at the start of Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 242 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample