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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. Who does Tara move in with at the start of Chapter 22?
(a) Nani.
(b) Reza.
(c) Dilip and Antara.
(d) Her ex-husband's family.

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

3. What does Reza smell of when he first sees Antara n "2003"?
(a) Weed.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Beer.
(d) Body odor.

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

5. 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 they will need to pay for an additional maid.
(c) He worries he will not know how to take care of Tara.
(d) He worries they will no longer have any privacy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does everyone want to discuss when Dilip and Antara attend a party in Chapter 13?

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

4. How long is Antara at the ashram before she begins to sleep ok?

5. What medium does Antara's college advisor suggest she work in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Antara feel when she finds that Kali Mata had called several times while she was at Reza's?

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

6. What news does Antara's father call to share with her upon returning to India in "1995"?

7. Briefly describe Reza Pine's backstory.

8. In Chapter 14, what does Antara tell Dilip when he finds the photo from her art project that she has always claimed to have lost?

9. How does the way Tara compares her body to Antara's in "1996" make Antara feel?

10. Why does Antara begin thinking more seriously about getting pregnant?

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