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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tara say Antara is always doing when they argue at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Barging in on her.
(b) Stealing from her.
(c) Lying to her.
(d) Bullying her.

2. What does Antara order when she reads it works better than Donepezil for her mother's condition?
(a) Avocado oil.
(b) Fish oil.
(c) Krill oil.
(d) Olive oil.

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

4. What is the name of the man Kali Mata meets who takes her to India?
(a) Govinda.
(b) Ganesha.
(c) Bodhi.
(d) Devendra.

5. How long after Tara's marriage was Antara born?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 1 year.

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

7. 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) M&Ms.
(b) Buttons.
(c) Skittles.
(d) Mung Beans.

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

9. What is Tara doing at Dilip and Antara's apartment at the start of the third chapter?
(a) Reading.
(b) Napping.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Watching T.V.

10. What does Dilip's mother record on her phone on the drive from the airport?
(a) A small group of boys defecating outside.
(b) The beautiful scenery.
(c) The litter.
(d) The tollbooths.

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

12. What is one ingredient Antara does not say is missing from her mother's dish at the start of Chapter 7?
(a) Ginger.
(b) Salt.
(c) Potato.
(d) Lemon.

13. Which god did Antara have to marry and divorce before marrying Dilip so the god could absorb Antara's bad energy in the second chapter?
(a) Vishnu.
(b) Shiva.
(c) Ganesha.
(d) Brahma.

14. What does Antara say that the doctor has said when Tara acts as though she is fine in Chapter 3?
(a) That he is terribly worried about her.
(b) That she seems just fine.
(c) That she can no longer live alone.
(d) That she is forgetting things.

15. What does Antara say she enjoyed killing as a child?
(a) Slugs.
(b) Ants.
(c) Spiders.
(d) Worms.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Antara see at the Club on Boxing Day though they do not acknowledge each other?

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

3. What does Dilip's mother think about Antara's father?

4. What does Baba, the name they call the guru at the ashram, mean?

5. Why is Antara often wary of her mother's affection as a child in the ashram?

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