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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 is the name of Dilip's aunt who said plucked the hairs from her head when her father did not want her to become a Jain nun?
(a) Kasha.
(b) Kali.
(c) Kamala.
(d) Kashti.

2. What did Tara's mother-in-law suggest Tara do just before her husband got home?
(a) Prepare him a drink.
(b) Put on a new dress.
(c) Wait by the door.
(d) Prepare his dinner.

3. What happens to Kali Mata's mother-in-law, Grandma June, at the age of 59?
(a) She dies suddenly.
(b) She is diagnosed with cancer.
(c) She remarries.
(d) Her husband leaves her.

4. Where were the travelers Tara met as a teen at the roadside diner heading to?
(a) The Taj Mahal.
(b) Bombay.
(c) The convent school.
(d) The ashram.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Antara describe the guru in Chapter 9?

3. What does Tara say Antara is always doing when they argue at the end of Chapter 7?

4. What does Dilip say when Antara expresses her anger at her mother calling her a liar?

5. What was one thing Dilip's mother used to brag that she never did no her own as described in "1981"?

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