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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. Where does Kali Mata go to stay with her sister after her husband and daughter die?
(a) India.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) New York.
(d) Chicago.

2. How long has Kali Mata been at the ashram when she meets Tara?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 5 years.

3. What does Tara say Antara is always doing when they argue at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Stealing from her.
(b) Bullying her.
(c) Barging in on her.
(d) Lying to her.

4. What is Kali Mata's birth name?
(a) Katherine.
(b) Kelly.
(c) Carol.
(d) Eve.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Kali Mata born?

3. What does Tara say Antara smelled like in Chapter 10, which signified to her she had her period?

4. What does Tara's mother-in-law decide she would do when she learned Tara was pregnant?

5. Where were the travelers Tara met as a teen at the roadside diner heading to?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Dilip decide to become a vegetarian in Chapter 8?

4. 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?

5. What does the Club represent to Antara as explained in Chapter 5?

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

7. What conversation does Antara have with Nani regarding the note she found in Tara's apartment about khichdi?

8. What were some of the early indications of the narrator's mother's decline with a year before the story begins?

9. What does the narrator's husband, Dilip, suggest she do to try to help her mother's memory?

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

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