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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. How does Purvi respond when Antara asks her if she thinks she should get a real job?
(a) She tells her about a job opening she knows of.
(b) She tells her being an artist is a real job.
(c) She tells her she should go for it.
(d) She laughs.

2. What is the girl with the darkest bruises dubbed at the boarding school in "1989"?
(a) The head mistress.
(b) The princess.
(c) The bride.
(d) The queen.

3. What does Antara do with the money her grandparents gave her for art school?
(a) Travels to America.
(b) Buys an art gallery.
(c) Buys a bunch of saris.
(d) Rents a room.

4. In what city is the art school Antara is accepted to in "2002"?
(a) Bombay.
(b) Mumbai.
(c) Delhi.
(d) Pune.

5. What year do Antara and Tara leave the ashram?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1989.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Purvi's husband threaten to do to Antara when they argued a year before?

3. What is on Tara's face at the start of "1989" when she comes to see Antara and Kali Mata?

4. What significant event happens at the start of Chapter 27?

5. In Chapter 22, what is one of the things Antara complains to her mother about because she knows she will not remember?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Tara ultimately decide to leave the ashram in "1989"?

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

4. How do the girls at the boarding school trying to turn the brutalities they receive from Sister Maria Theresa into a game?

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

6. How long does Reza live with Tara and Antara before he disappears without a word?

7. What does Reza say to Antara in Chapter 21 the same evening she had gone skinny dipping with him and her mother?

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

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

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

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