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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 type of business does Purvi's husband suggest he and Dilip go into in Chapter 16?
(a) Real estate.
(b) Food and hospitality.
(c) Medicinal mushrooms.
(d) Pharmaceuticals.

2. Where is Antara at the beginning of "2003"?
(a) An art opening.
(b) A friend's house.
(c) A nightclub.
(d) Her art class.

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

4. Who does Antara suspect came up with the idea that she should go to boarding school in "1989"?
(a) Tara.
(b) Kali Mata.
(c) Nani.
(d) Nana.

5. What significant event occurred in Chapter 18 which caused Tara grief?
(a) Baba died.
(b) Tara's father died.
(c) Tara's mother died.
(d) Tara's ex-husband died.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Antara use to describe her mother in Chapter 27 when she asks Nani to watch over Tara?

2. Why do the Governors move out of their apartment in Chapter 22?

3. What does Sister Maria Theresa do to Antara after calling her "a vandal" (129) in "1989"?

4. Where does Tara have the trucker take them when she and Antara leave the ashram?

5. What is Tara wearing when Antara returns after getting Tara's things from her apartment in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Antara respond to Dilip when he says she was rude to their maid and that Americans would not speak to a maid like that?

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

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

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