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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. Who does Antara share a room with during her time at the ashram?
(a) Tara.
(b) Sita.
(c) Baba.
(d) Kali Mata.

2. What does the doctor say "are protein formations that usually appear in the brain of Alzheimer's patients" (7)?
(a) Neurofibrillary proteins.
(b) Neurological protein inhibitors.
(c) Alzheimer's plaque.
(d) Amyloid plaque.

3. How long before their wedding did Dilip's mother arrive in India?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) One month.
(c) One week.
(d) Two months.

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

5. What does Baba, the name they call the guru at the ashram, mean?
(a) Holy one.
(b) God-like.
(c) Father.
(d) King.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Antara describe the guru in Chapter 9?

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

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

4. What did the pandit do to indicate Antara's divorce from the god during her ceremonial marriage and divorce?

5. What tattered articles of clothing does Antara notice hanging on her mother's balcony in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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