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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 are some of the things Antara collected as a child that she still has when she moves in with Dilip?
(a) Old toothbrushes.
(b) Her mother's baby teeth.
(c) Antique tongue cleaners.
(d) Her grandmother's dentures.

2. What does Tara say Antara smelled like in Chapter 10, which signified to her she had her period?
(a) Ginger.
(b) Banana.
(c) Sweat.
(d) Pineapple.

3. Where does Antara say her mother's history can be found at the end of "1981"?
(a) Her drawings.
(b) Her cupboards.
(c) Her photo albums.
(d) Her journals.

4. What did the pandit do to indicate Antara's divorce from the god during her ceremonial marriage and divorce?
(a) Rip off Antara's blindfold.
(b) Rip the idol from her hands and put it away.
(c) Stomp on the bronze idol.
(d) Rip off her necklace and smear red paint on her forehead.

5. Why does Antara's father chastise her when she visits him in Chapter 4?
(a) For not telling him she was coming over.
(b) For never calling him.
(c) For not answering his calls.
(d) For not visiting him more often.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one way Dilip tries to solve the problem Antara has with her father?

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

3. Which animal killing in a zoo has turned Dilip into a vegetarian at the start of Chapter 8?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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