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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 do people at the ashram often react when they see Baba?
(a) They cry.
(b) They hide in fear.
(c) They greet him joyfully.
(d) They bow their heads.

2. What worries Dilip when Antara tells him she thinks her mother will have to live with them someday?
(a) He worries the stress the two women cause each other will do more harm then good.
(b) He worries he will not know how to take care of Tara.
(c) He worries they will need to pay for an additional maid.
(d) He worries they will no longer have any privacy.

3. What did Purvi's husband threaten to do to Antara when they argued a year before?
(a) Tell her husband she cheated on him.
(b) Put a cigar out on her face.
(c) Ban Purvi from speaking to her.
(d) Kick her out of his house.

4. What is Tara holding when Antara wakes to find her lying beside her in bed in Chapter 24?
(a) A razor blade.
(b) A photo of Baba.
(c) A photo of Reza.
(d) A knife.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what does Antara say Dilip is obsessed with everything being when they discuss the differences between India and America?

2. What does Tara tell Antara she needs to stop doing at the end of Chapter 18?

3. How does Purvi respond when Antara asks her if she thinks she should get a real job?

4. What does Dilip say in regards to the mushroom's Purvi's husband describes which latch onto caterpillars?

5. What significant event occurred in Chapter 18 which caused Tara grief?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What hurtful thing does Vandana say to Antara when Antara tells her she has to do what she says because she is her boss?

9. Where is Antara when she first sees Reza in "2003"?

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

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