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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How old was Tara when she met Antara's father?
(a) 18.
(b) 21.
(c) 24.
(d) 16.

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

5. What does Dilip's mother ask Tara when they are planning the wedding details at the end of the second chapter?
(a) If they can exclude Antara's grandparents from the wedding.
(b) If Tara has a date to the wedding.
(c) If they have any family members who can give Antara away.
(d) If Tara would like her to choose her outfit.

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

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

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

9. 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 too much salt in Antara's khichdi.
(b) A note about the time Tara put chili in Antara's khichdi.
(c) A note about Tara putting potato in Antara's khichdi.
(d) A note about Tara putting too much lemon in Antara's khichdi.

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

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

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

13. What does Tara tell Dilip at the beginning of Chapter 3 when he asks how she is doing?
(a) She asks why he is asking.
(b) She says she considered suicide at first, but feels fine now.
(c) She asks where she is.
(d) She asks who he is.

14. What does Antara's grandmother say about her mother at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) That she has gained a lot of weight.
(b) That she was a good mother.
(c) That she was always a problem.
(d) That she will be okay.

15. What is different about the clothing of the woman who offers to help Antara at the ashram in Chapter 9?
(a) It is all black.
(b) It looks expensive.
(c) She wears slacks.
(d) It is brightly colored.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Tara and her husband plan to move so he could pursue his masters degree?

2. What does Nani say she remembers when Antara tells her that the moon has not been this close to the earth since 1948, the year she was born?

3. What did the pandit do to indicate Antara's divorce from the god during her ceremonial marriage and divorce?

4. What did Tara's mother-in-law suggest Tara do just before her husband got home?

5. Where did Tara and Antara live when Antara was young?

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