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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. Why do the followers at the ashram get Antara's mother at the start of "1986"?
(a) Antara begged to see her mother.
(b) Antara had not eaten and passed out.
(c) Antara was becoming defiant.
(d) Antara ran away.

2. Where do the girls sleep at Antara's boarding school in "1989"?
(a) The backyard.
(b) Apartments.
(c) The cafeteria.
(d) The gym.

3. What does Tara tell Antara she had dreams of at the start of Chapter 14?
(a) She had dreams she was dying.
(b) She had dreams of Baba.
(c) She had dreams Antara died.
(d) She said she had dreams that Antara was pregnant.

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

5. Why is Tara sure Antara did not take the photo she shows her in Chapter 24?
(a) Because Tara remembers taking it.
(b) Because Baba took the photo.
(c) Because Antara did not have a camera back then.
(d) Because Kali Mata took the photo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tara do after giving Antara water in "1986"?

2. What does Antara mark on her calendar after she finds out she is pregnant in Chapter 22?

3. Who does Antara suspect came up with the idea that she should go to boarding school in "1989"?

4. What is the girl with the darkest bruises dubbed at the boarding school in "1989"?

5. What is the name of the boarding school Antara attended in "1989"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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