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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Antara wash her sheets everyday?
(a) She is has OCD.
(b) She suffers night sweats.
(c) Dilip suffers night sweats.
(d) Dilip wets the bed.

4. 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 journals.
(d) Her cupboards.

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

6. What does Dilip and Antara's neighbor, Mr. Governor, do when he wife visits Bombay?
(a) Invites strange women over.
(b) Throws parties.
(c) Follows his wife to Bombay.
(d) Cries on the balcony.

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

8. What does Antara notice about the woman she saw crying in the ashram at the start of Chapter 9?
(a) She was laughing too.
(b) She was bleeding.
(c) Her eyes were rolling in her head.
(d) She had no tears.

9. How long of a walk is it from Antara's house to her mother's?
(a) 5 minutes.
(b) 45 minutes.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 1.5 hours.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Kali Mata born?

2. How long after Tara's marriage was Antara born?

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

4. Where does Kali Mata go to stay with her sister after her husband and daughter die?

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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