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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. How does Uma get to the ashram?
(a) On a bus.
(b) The ashram sends a car.
(c) By taxi.
(d) On a tonga ride.

2. Who wants to take Uma to an ashram?
(a) Aruna.
(b) She wants to take herself there.
(c) Mir-Masi.
(d) Ramu.

3. What does Uma say about having to take care of her new baby brother?
(a) Her school work is suffering.
(b) She is bitter that another male is being coddled.
(c) She wishes it had been a baby girl.
(d) She loves everything about it.

4. What disappoints Papa about Arun as Arun gets older?
(a) Arun does not view his father as infallible.
(b) Arun will not eat meat.
(c) Arun is interested in law.
(d) Arun believes females are the equal of males.

5. When is the new baby boy born?
(a) At the end of the summer.
(b) Mid-summer.
(c) Early winter.
(d) Spring.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Uma almost drown?

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

3. How does Uma's mama respond to Uma's return?

4. Why do female relatives send pictures to Mama and Papa?

5. Why does Uma's world suddenly brighten one day in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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