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

2. Where does Uma sneak off to one day?
(a) St. John's Basilica.
(b) The large Mall about 20 kilometers from home.
(c) St. Mary's school.
(d) To her best friend's house.

3. Where is Uma left when her new husband leaves for work?
(a) Alone in a flat.
(b) With his mother and other female family members.
(c) With his children from his previous marriage.
(d) With his brother's in-laws.

4. What does Uma notice about Aruna in Chapter 8?
(a) Aruna is good at manipulating their mother.
(b) Aruna instinctively knows how to dress and behave in public.
(c) Aruna is not sorry that she can't get marries.
(d) Aruna is very shy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to the dowry Papa gives a suitor for Uma?

3. When is the new baby boy born?

4. What does Papa do every day after work?

5. What do Uma and Aruna feel about their mother's pregnancy?

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