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

2. What tattered articles of clothing does Antara notice hanging on her mother's balcony in Chapter 7?
(a) Panties.
(b) Stockings.
(c) Bras.
(d) Saris.

3. What is the name of the man Kali Mata meets who takes her to India?
(a) Devendra.
(b) Ganesha.
(c) Govinda.
(d) Bodhi.

4. Why is Antara often wary of her mother's affection as a child in the ashram?
(a) Because she knew her mother would leave her soon after.
(b) Because it was often followed by something unpleasant.
(c) Because it never lasted.
(d) Because it did not feel genuine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nani say she remembers when Antara tells her that the moon has not been this close to the earth since 1948, the year she was born?

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

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

4. What was one thing Dilip's mother used to brag that she never did no her own as described in "1981"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Dilip's mother send a pandit to perform a wedding ceremony between the narrator and Vishnu?

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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