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

2. Which animal killing in a zoo has turned Dilip into a vegetarian at the start of Chapter 8?
(a) A gorilla.
(b) A bull.
(c) A seal.
(d) A lioness.

3. 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.

4. What is one of the reasons Antara's grandmother gives for Tara's forgetfulness?
(a) She is not married.
(b) She has never been very smart.
(c) She does not read enough.
(d) She does not care to remember.

5. What is one way Dilip tries to solve the problem Antara has with her father?
(a) He begins to call her father every week.
(b) He schedules weekly lunches for Antara and her father.
(c) He suggests they invite him to dinner at the Club.
(d) He invites her father over the house for dinner.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long of a walk is it from Antara's house to her mother's?

3. What does Dilip say when Antara expresses her anger at her mother calling her a liar?

4. What does Antara say she enjoyed killing as a child?

5. What does Tara's doctor tell Antara she should consider doing after Antara hands him her notes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Dilip's mother suggest to Tara about their wedding, which offends Tara?

4. During which conversation between the narrator and her husband is her name revealed for the first time?

5. What family story does Dilip tell when he announces to Antara that he wants to be a vegetarian and why does he tell this story?

6. How does Tara ultimately leave her husband in "1981"?

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 1, how does the doctor describe what is happening to the narrator's mother's brain and memory?

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