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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When does Uma hear human voices at the Ashram?
(a) During morning and evening prayers.
(b) Never.
(c) All the time.
(d) At meals.

3. Where does Uma go to dinner with a relative?
(a) Carlton Hotel.
(b) The Ritz.
(c) At a bachelor's home.
(d) The Prasidor.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Uma give Ayah much of Uma's clothing?

2. Who convinces Uma to return home from the ashram?

3. What disappoints Papa about Arun as Arun gets older?

4. Where is Arun at the opening of the novel?

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

(see the answer key)

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