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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what is Uma's Papa outraged after she is married?
(a) Uma is not willing to live with her new husband's family.
(b) Uma's husband has another wife and children.
(c) Uma's husband is asking for more dowry.
(d) Aruna was killed by an insane person who is let out of an asylum.

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

3. What happens with Mira-Masi when she leaves Mama and Papa's home to go to the ashram?
(a) She and Uma get stuck on a plane on the way to England.
(b) She rallies health-wise.
(c) She goes into a hospital.
(d) She visits Ramu.

4. Why are Mama and Papa angry when Uma returns home after dinner out with a relative?
(a) She talks back to her parents.
(b) She is very late.
(c) She is tipsy.
(d) She tells her parents she was with a man.

5. How does Uma feel in comparison to Aruna?
(a) Intellectually superior.
(b) Graceful.
(c) Awkward and dowdy.
(d) Outgoing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Anamika suffer a miscarriage?

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

3. What does Uma notice about Aruna in Chapter 8?

4. How does Uma get home from her trip she sneaks off to make?

5. What does Uma say about having to take care of her new baby brother?

(see the answer key)

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