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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 10, who does Antara say she always consider ageless until they died unexpectedly at home?
(a) Nani.
(b) Kali Mata.
(c) Her great-grandmother.
(d) Nana.

4. Where will Dilip and Antara get married?
(a) The Bombay Cafe.
(b) The Pune Club.
(c) America.
(d) The bakery where they met.

5. Why did Dilip's mother need Antara's time and date of birth before the wedding?
(a) So her astrologer could tell her fortune.
(b) So her astrologer could choose the wedding date.
(c) So her astrologer could tell them when to have children.
(d) So her astrologer could see if Dilip and Antara's stars aligned.

6. What does the doctor's drawing of the brain in Chapter 1 look like to Antara?
(a) A plumbing system.
(b) A brain.
(c) A computer system.
(d) A fluffy cloud.

7. What does Dilip's mother think about Antara's father?
(a) He died.
(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 moved away.

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

9. What does Dilip say when Antara expresses her anger at her mother calling her a liar?
(a) He asks if her mother is right.
(b) He says Antara makes her art about how people cannot be trusted.
(c) He says to just ignore it.
(d) He says her mother no longer knows what she is talking about.

10. 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) Bullying her.
(d) Lying to her.

11. What does Tara's doctor tell Antara she should consider doing after Antara hands him her notes?
(a) Take a vacation.
(b) Consult a therapist.
(c) Go to med school.
(d) Make more art.

12. 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?
(a) She remembers seeing the moon.
(b) She has seen the moon closer since them.
(c) She remembers that year.
(d) She had her daughter on a full moon.

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

14. 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) Kashti.
(b) Kamala.
(c) Kali.
(d) Kasha.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What meal does Antara have with her mother at the start of Chapter 7?

3. What tattered articles of clothing does Antara notice hanging on her mother's balcony in Chapter 7?

4. What does Tara do to Antara when Antara reaches for her after her mother and the guru exchanged a smile?

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

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