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

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

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

4. What was given to Tara on her wedding day so that she would not be a burden to her husband at first?
(a) A maid.
(b) Money.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) A lot of saris.

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

6. What does Antara separate in a steel bowl by color in the first chapter in her mother's apartment when they return from the doctor?
(a) Mung Beans.
(b) Buttons.
(c) M&Ms.
(d) Skittles.

7. What is Kali Mata's birth name?
(a) Carol.
(b) Katherine.
(c) Eve.
(d) Kelly.

8. Where do Tara and her husband plan to move so he could pursue his masters degree?
(a) The Netherlands.
(b) England.
(c) America.
(d) Bombay.

9. What color is Tara's wedding sari?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) White.

10. 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 leaves little notes around the house.
(c) She pours over photo albums.
(d) She has Tara's mother tell her stories of her childhood.

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

12. What is Tara's maid's name?
(a) Kashi.
(b) Nani.
(c) Kali.
(d) Kashta.

13. What tattered articles of clothing does Antara notice hanging on her mother's balcony in Chapter 7?
(a) Saris.
(b) Panties.
(c) Bras.
(d) Stockings.

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

15. Which animal killing in a zoo has turned Dilip into a vegetarian at the start of Chapter 8?
(a) A bull.
(b) A lioness.
(c) A gorilla.
(d) A seal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Antara wash her sheets everyday?

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

3. Where was Kali Mata born?

4. What note does Nani find at Tara's house which, after Antara reads it to her, she tells her it never happened?

5. What does Tara say Antara smelled like in Chapter 10, which signified to her she had her period?

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