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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. Why did Dilip's mother need Antara's time and date of birth before the wedding?
(a) So her astrologer could choose the wedding date.
(b) So her astrologer could tell them when to have children.
(c) So her astrologer could see if Dilip and Antara's stars aligned.
(d) So her astrologer could tell her fortune.

2. What does Tara's mother-in-law decide she would do when she learned Tara was pregnant?
(a) Move to America with them.
(b) Make Tara and her son get their own place.
(c) Have Tara's baby sleep with her.
(d) Build a nursery in the house.

3. What is Tara's maid's name?
(a) Nani.
(b) Kali.
(c) Kashta.
(d) Kashi.

4. Where was Kali Mata born?
(a) Lanesboro, PA.
(b) Louisville, KY.
(c) Lincoln, MS.
(d) Leominster, PA.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tara's mother-in-law suggest Tara do just before her husband got home?

2. What does Dilip and Antara's neighbor, Mr. Governor, do when he wife visits Bombay?

3. Where does Tara begin to go when she is pregnant and feeling alienated?

4. Where is Dilip from originally?

5. What does Dilip's mother record on her phone on the drive from the airport?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Antara's father react when she tell him of her mother's diagnosis?

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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