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

3. What color is Tara's wedding sari?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

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

5. What does Dilip's mother think about Antara's father?
(a) He left when Antara was a baby and Tara never told her who he is.
(b) He died.
(c) Tara does not know who Antara's father is.
(d) He moved away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one ingredient Antara does not say is missing from her mother's dish at the start of Chapter 7?

2. In the first chapter, what does Antara wish was legal in India like it is in the Netherlands?

3. What does Baba, the name they call the guru at the ashram, mean?

4. What does Dilip's mother ask Tara when they are planning the wedding details at the end of the second chapter?

5. What other family member does Antara's Nani say was forgetful?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Tara's doctor suggest Antara do in Chapter 11 after Antara shows the doctor her research notes?

6. 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?

7. How does Antara describe how the guru and his followers looked to her as a child in the ashram?

8. How does the narrator feel about the pain her mother is experiencing at the start of Chapter 1 and why?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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