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

2. How does Uma get home from her trip she sneaks off to make?
(a) The proprietor of the shop she wants a job at takes her.
(b) The school van.
(c) Her best friend's brother.
(d) Her father comes to get her.

3. Who convinces Uma to return home from the ashram?
(a) Mira-Masi.
(b) Ramu.
(c) She decides to do so on her own.
(d) Arun.

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

5. What does Papa do every day after work?
(a) Call his father.
(b) Visit the temple.
(c) Play cricket.
(d) Play tennis.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what kind of life do Uma and Arun resign themselves?

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

3. What does Papa demand at his meals?

4. Why do some of the pilgrims strike Uma on the back?

5. What is Papa's vocation?

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