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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 does Reza do when he first sees Antara in "2003"?
(a) He apologizes for leaving.
(b) He tries to avoid her.
(c) He hugs her.
(d) He asks about Tara.

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

3. What term does Antara use to describe her mother in Chapter 27 when she asks Nani to watch over Tara?
(a) An ignorant donkey.
(b) A useless being.
(c) A happy goldfish.
(d) A forgetful elephant.

4. What does Sister Maria Theresa call Antara when she wet her bed one night in "1989"?
(a) A repulsive child.
(b) A filthy little Hindu.
(c) A reprehensible beggar.
(d) A nasty little thing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reza smell of when he first sees Antara n "2003"?

2. What does Tara tell Antara she had dreams of at the start of Chapter 14?

3. Where does Antara's father take her and her mother after they had been living outside the Pune Club and begging?

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

5. Where does Tara move to at the start of Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Briefly describe Reza Pine's backstory.

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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