View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 3 - 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Uma spend her life doing?
(a) Being subservient to her parents' demands.
(b) Searching for the perfect husband.
(c) Working at a floor loom.
(d) Plotting revenge.

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

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

4. What does Papa do professionally?
(a) Retires from his law practice.
(b) Becomes a judge.
(c) Begins winning famous trials.
(d) Becomes involved in politics.

5. When does Mira-Masi occasionally appear at Uma's home?
(a) When Mira-Masi needs more money from Papa.
(b) When Uma's father demands Mira-Masi's presence.
(c) When Mira-Masi is en route to some spiritual adventure or pilgrimage.
(d) When Mira-Masi's husband sends her away for some time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Papa do every day after work?

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

3. About what religion does Mira-Masi tell stories to Uma and Aruna?

4. How does Papa act once he gets home from the hospital after Mama delivers a baby boy?

5. Around what does Mama build her life?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 263 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample