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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Antara wish was there to help her with the baby and Tara at the end of Chapter 27?
(a) Dilip's mother.
(b) Nani.
(c) Her father.
(d) Kali Mata.

2. In Chapter 13, what does Antara say Dilip is obsessed with everything being when they discuss the differences between India and America?
(a) Sterile.
(b) Huge.
(c) Neat.
(d) Perfect.

3. What does Tara tell Antara she had dreams of at the start of Chapter 14?
(a) She had dreams Antara died.
(b) She said she had dreams that Antara was pregnant.
(c) She had dreams of Baba.
(d) She had dreams she was dying.

4. Who does Antara suspect came up with the idea that she should go to boarding school in "1989"?
(a) Tara.
(b) Nana.
(c) Kali Mata.
(d) Nani.

5. What does Antara decided in "2002" but does not tell her family?
(a) To study literature.
(b) To move to London.
(c) To visit America.
(d) Not to attend art school.

6. What is one of the reasons Antara considers having a baby in Chapter 22?
(a) To have something to do.
(b) Because she has always wanted to be a mother.
(c) So she can be a better mother than Tara was.
(d) So that Dilip can never leave her.

7. What do Reza and Tara convince Antara to do at the beach in Goa?
(a) Steal from the nearby shack.
(b) Leave them there and move in with her father.
(c) Swim naked.
(d) Kiss Reza.

8. What did Purvi's husband threaten to do to Antara when they argued a year before?
(a) Ban Purvi from speaking to her.
(b) Tell her husband she cheated on him.
(c) Put a cigar out on her face.
(d) Kick her out of his house.

9. What is the girl with the darkest bruises dubbed at the boarding school in "1989"?
(a) The head mistress.
(b) The queen.
(c) The princess.
(d) The bride.

10. What does Tara tell Antara she needs to stop doing at the end of Chapter 18?
(a) Living at her apartment.
(b) Paying her maid.
(c) Trying to take are of her.
(d) Making her drawings.

11. What book is quoted in the invitation Antara received to be part of a gallery opening she and Reza attended together?
(a) One Hundred Years of Solitude.
(b) Great Expectations.
(c) Enormous Changes at the Last Minute.
(d) The Old Man and the Sea.

12. What does Antara do with the money her grandparents gave her for art school?
(a) Buys an art gallery.
(b) Travels to America.
(c) Rents a room.
(d) Buys a bunch of saris.

13. How does Purvi respond when Antara asks her if she thinks she should get a real job?
(a) She laughs.
(b) She tells her about a job opening she knows of.
(c) She tells her being an artist is a real job.
(d) She tells her she should go for it.

14. What do Dilip and Antara find Tara had done when she was in Antara's studio in Chapter 14?
(a) She lit Antara's things on fire.
(b) She tore up Antara's art work.
(c) She lit Antara's clothing on fire.
(d) She reorganized the room.

15. Who does Tara move in with at the start of Chapter 22?
(a) Reza.
(b) Dilip and Antara.
(c) Nani.
(d) Her ex-husband's family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the art school Antara is accepted to in "2002"?

2. What does Sister Maria Theresa call Antara when she wet her bed one night in "1989"?

3. In Chapter 22, what is one of the things Antara complains to her mother about because she knows she will not remember?

4. Where does Tara have the trucker take them when she and Antara leave the ashram?

5. Why do the followers at the ashram get Antara's mother at the start of "1986"?

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