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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What note does Nani find at Tara's house which, after Antara reads it to her, she tells her it never happened?
(a) A note about Tara putting potato in Antara's khichdi.
(b) A note about Tara putting too much salt in Antara's khichdi.
(c) A note about Tara putting too much lemon in Antara's khichdi.
(d) A note about the time Tara put chili in Antara's khichdi.

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

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

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

7. What does Tara do to Antara when Antara reaches for her after her mother and the guru exchanged a smile?
(a) She does not look at Antara.
(b) She pulls Antara close to her.
(c) She falls to her knees and cries.
(d) She pushes Antara away.

8. Who does Antara meet at the Club on Boxing Day in Chapter 11?
(a) Tara.
(b) Nani.
(c) Dilip.
(d) Purvi.

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

10. Where did Antara begin to collect things as a child?
(a) Her mother's room.
(b) Her grandmother's house.
(c) School.
(d) The backyard.

11. What does Tara say Antara smelled like in Chapter 10, which signified to her she had her period?
(a) Ginger.
(b) Pineapple.
(c) Sweat.
(d) Banana.

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

13. What does Dilip's mother think about Antara's father?
(a) He moved away.
(b) He left when Antara was a baby and Tara never told her who he is.
(c) Tara does not know who Antara's father is.
(d) He died.

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

15. 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) Brahma.
(c) Ganesha.
(d) Shiva.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Tara when she met Antara's father?

3. What are some of the things Antara now does for her mother at the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. How did Tara begin dressing as a teen, which her grandmother said was old-fashioned compared to her peers?

5. What did Tara's mother-in-law begin to eat every day after her husband's unexpected death?

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