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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is one way Dilip tries to solve the problem Antara has with her father?
(a) He schedules weekly lunches for Antara and her father.
(b) He suggests they invite him to dinner at the Club.
(c) He begins to call her father every week.
(d) He invites her father over the house for dinner.

3. What does Tara's mother-in-law decide she would do when she learned Tara was pregnant?
(a) Make Tara and her son get their own place.
(b) Have Tara's baby sleep with her.
(c) Build a nursery in the house.
(d) Move to America with them.

4. 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) Kamala.
(b) Kasha.
(c) Kashti.
(d) Kali.

5. What other family member does Antara's Nani say was forgetful?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her great-grandmother.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her grandfather.

6. Who does Antara share a room with during her time at the ashram?
(a) Sita.
(b) Kali Mata.
(c) Tara.
(d) Baba.

7. Who does Antara see at the Club on Boxing Day though they do not acknowledge each other?
(a) Her mother's doctor.
(b) Her father and his family.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her mother.

8. How did Antara's father bribe classmates in order to make friends?
(a) He would get them liquor.
(b) He would pay them.
(c) He would do their homework for the.
(d) He would buy them candy.

9. Where does Antara say her mother's history can be found at the end of "1981"?
(a) Her drawings.
(b) Her photo albums.
(c) Her cupboards.
(d) Her journals.

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

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

12. How did Tara begin dressing as a teen, which her grandmother said was old-fashioned compared to her peers?
(a) in dresses with high collars.
(b) In all black.
(c) In long flowery skirts.
(d) In all white.

13. Where does Antara's father live?
(a) Aundh.
(b) Bombay.
(c) America.
(d) Pune.

14. Why is Antara often wary of her mother's affection as a child in the ashram?
(a) Because it did not feel genuine.
(b) Because she knew her mother would leave her soon after.
(c) Because it never lasted.
(d) Because it was often followed by something unpleasant.

15. What are some of the things Antara collected as a child that she still has when she moves in with Dilip?
(a) Old toothbrushes.
(b) Antique tongue cleaners.
(c) Her mother's baby teeth.
(d) Her grandmother's dentures.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antara notice about the woman she saw crying in the ashram at the start of Chapter 9?

2. Why did Dilip's mother need Antara's time and date of birth before the wedding?

3. How long before their wedding did Dilip's mother arrive in India?

4. What happens to Kali Mata's mother-in-law, Grandma June, at the age of 59?

5. Where was Kali Mata born?

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