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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 6 - 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Anamika suffer a miscarriage?
(a) The baby is malformed.
(b) She is too small.
(c) As a result of a beating.
(d) It is an ectopic pregnancy.

2. What does Papa demand at his meals?
(a) Meat.
(b) Silence.
(c) For his family to listen to his daily soliloquies.
(d) Intelligent conversation.

3. Why does Uma's world suddenly brighten one day in Chapter 5?
(a) Aruna becomes engaged.
(b) Mira-Masi wants Uma to travel with her.
(c) Uma's Papa says she may travel and visit Arun in the United States.
(d) Her cousin Ramu arrives.

4. Where is Arun at the opening of the novel?
(a) In India.
(b) In Italy.
(c) In England.
(d) In the United States.

5. What two countries are the settings for “Fasting, Feasting”?
(a) The United States and China.
(b) The Unites States and Napal.
(c) India and the United States.
(d) The United States and Malaysia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the ashram situated?

2. When is the new baby boy born?

3. About what are Uma and Aruna disappointed concerning Anamika?

4. Why does Uma seldom have privacy anymore by Chapter 4?

5. What does Uma say the atmosphere at the Ashram is like?

(see the answer key)

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