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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 18 - 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Uma do after she reaches her breaking point in Chapter 12?
(a) Goes to her room and reads.
(b) Has a fit on the floor.
(c) Calls her sister in Bombay.
(d) Tells her parents she is going to see Arun in the United States.

2. What is the room like where Uma is shown at the Ashram?
(a) Dirty and mold.
(b) Fairly luxurious for an ashram.
(c) Bare.
(d) Full of pictures of holy men and women.

3. Who is Anamika?
(a) Ramu's wife.
(b) Uma's best friend.
(c) Ramu's sister.
(d) Ramu's cousin.

4. In Chapter 11, what does Mrs. Joshi encourage Uma to consider doing?
(a) Going to visit her brother in England.
(b) Going to stay with Aruna for a while.
(c) Getting a job.
(d) Joining the convent.

5. What irritates Papa when they go to the park?
(a) The loud music.
(b) The barking dogs.
(c) The trash.
(d) The number of people there.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Mama and Papa angry when Uma returns home after dinner out with a relative?

2. What does Mrs. Patton want Arun to teach her?

3. What does Papa rant about on the train ride home from Uma’s new husband’s place?

4. To what does Arun contrast his life at the Patton household?

5. What two countries are the settings for “Fasting, Feasting”?

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