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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 is the name of the waiter Tara and Antara meet at a diner while getting sundaes?
(a) Reza Pine.
(b) Roger Pine.
(c) Govinda Pine.
(d) Rita Pane.

2. How long does Antara's father live in the U.S. before returning to India?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 16 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 3 years.

3. What does Sister Maria Theresa do to Antara after calling her "a vandal" (129) in "1989"?
(a) She yanks out clumps of her hair.
(b) She bangs her head on the desk.
(c) She whacks her knuckles with a ruler until she bleeds.
(d) She stabs her hand with a pencil.

4. What book is quoted in the invitation Antara received to be part of a gallery opening she and Reza attended together?
(a) Great Expectations.
(b) One Hundred Years of Solitude.
(c) The Old Man and the Sea.
(d) Enormous Changes at the Last Minute.

5. What does Antara do in the car when she is told she is going to boarding school in "1989"?
(a) She throws up.
(b) She screams.
(c) She tries to jump out of the car.
(d) She sobs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antara decided in "2002" but does not tell her family?

2. What do Reza and Tara convince Antara to do at the beach in Goa?

3. What happens to Antara as a result of her constant bathing after she becomes pregnant in Chapter 22?

4. What is the name of the boarding school Antara attended in "1989"?

5. What do the girls at the boarding school pretend their welts and bruises are in "1989"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Purvi's husband described in Chapter 16?

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

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

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

6. What does Antara do instead of attending art school in "2002"?

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

8. What does Antara write in her diary in "1993"?

9. How does Tara know Antara is lying about the photo of Reza she finds in her place in Chapter 24?

10. Why does Dilip tell Antara she is too intense after their conversation with Elaine in Chapter 22?

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