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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. What was given to Tara on her wedding day so that she would not be a burden to her husband at first?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) A maid.
(c) A lot of saris.
(d) Money.

2. What does Antara order when she reads it works better than Donepezil for her mother's condition?
(a) Olive oil.
(b) Avocado oil.
(c) Krill oil.
(d) Fish oil.

3. What does Antara say she enjoyed killing as a child?
(a) Slugs.
(b) Ants.
(c) Worms.
(d) Spiders.

4. In Chapter 10, who does Antara say she always consider ageless until they died unexpectedly at home?
(a) Her great-grandmother.
(b) Nana.
(c) Nani.
(d) Kali Mata.

5. What does Tara's doctor tell Antara she should consider doing after Antara hands him her notes?
(a) Make more art.
(b) Go to med school.
(c) Consult a therapist.
(d) Take a vacation.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What does Antara to do try to help her mother remember things in the first chapter?

4. What is different about the clothing of the woman who offers to help Antara at the ashram in Chapter 9?

5. Which god did Antara have to marry and divorce before marrying Dilip so the god could absorb Antara's bad energy in the second chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Antara's early life described as the start of the chapter entitled "1981"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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