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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Antara say that the doctor has said when Tara acts as though she is fine in Chapter 3?
(a) That she seems just fine.
(b) That he is terribly worried about her.
(c) That she can no longer live alone.
(d) That she is forgetting things.

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

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

4. How does Antara describe the guru in Chapter 9?
(a) A giant pyramid.
(b) A thunderous presence.
(c) A towering tree.
(d) A floating cloud.

5. Where do Tara and her husband plan to move so he could pursue his masters degree?
(a) Bombay.
(b) England.
(c) America.
(d) The Netherlands.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Antara wash her sheets everyday?

2. Where is Dilip from originally?

3. Where does Antara say her mother's history can be found at the end of "1981"?

4. What happens to Kali Mata's mother-in-law, Grandma June, at the age of 59?

5. What is Kali Mata's birth name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tara say when Antara suggests she needs new bras?

2. Why does Antara share a room with Kali Mata at the ashram?

3. Describe Antara's ongoing art project as explained in Chapter 2.

4. Where does Tara first begin to see people traveling to the ashram? How old is she? How does she change?

5. How does Tara's mother react when she first sees Antara's art project at a gallery opening?

6. What does Dilip say when Antara asks why he might want children at the end of Chapter 11?

7. How does Dilip's mother react when she sees some boys openly defecating when she first arrives in India from America and how does the narrator feel?

8. Describe the moment Antara first meets Kali Mata in Chapter 9.

9. How is what Dilip says about Mr. Governor's behaviour when his wife is away different from what Antara says?

10. How does Tara change once she is pregnant with Antara?

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