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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 does Antara ask Purvi for her jeweler's number in Chapter 22?
(a) Because she is considering getting her jewelry appraised.
(b) She wants to buy a necklace for Tara.
(c) She wants to buy a watch for Dilip.
(d) She wants to buy herself a ring.

2. What does Reza tell Antara when she tells him how repulsive she finds him in "1996"?
(a) She should move out.
(b) She is beautiful.
(c) She really hurt his feelings.
(d) She is no beauty queen.

3. Who calls Antara to express concern over the suggestion that Tara might live with her and Dilip?
(a) Purvi.
(b) Dilip's mother.
(c) Nani.
(d) Dilip's sister.

4. What does Antara decided in "2002" but does not tell her family?
(a) To visit America.
(b) To study literature.
(c) Not to attend art school.
(d) To move to London.

5. What term does Antara use to describe her mother in Chapter 27 when she asks Nani to watch over Tara?
(a) A useless being.
(b) An ignorant donkey.
(c) A forgetful elephant.
(d) A happy goldfish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Antara at the beginning of "2003"?

2. Where do the girls sleep at Antara's boarding school in "1989"?

3. Why do the followers at the ashram get Antara's mother at the start of "1986"?

4. What does Antara mark on her calendar after she finds out she is pregnant in Chapter 22?

5. Where do Reza and Antara go after the gallery opening in "2003"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Antara wish Kali Mata is there after having her baby in Chapter 27?

2. What do Dilip and the woman at the party discuss after she tells him he looks younger since becoming a vegetarian?

3. Why does Antara change her mother's diet to include more fats in Chapter 24?

4. What does Tara say to Dilip in Chapter 14 about Antara's daily art project?

5. What does Antara tell Nani after Tara told Nani that she sometimes hears Baba's voice?

6. In Chapter 18, what occurrences make Tara believe someone else may be living in her apartment?

7. How does Tara feel about her status as Baba's lover after his funeral, and how does Antara respond?

8. How does Sister Maria Theresa treat Antara at the boarding school?

9. What does Antara do in preparation for her confession to her mother about Reza in Chapter 26?

10. Why is Tara brought to Antara at the beginning of Chapter 12, "1986" and how does she react?

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