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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 12 - 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Uma and Aruna feel about their mother's pregnancy?
(a) Joy.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Shame.
(d) Bitterness.

3. Where does Mira-Masi go to live?
(a) She decides to stay near Uma's family.
(b) A temple in the Himalayas.
(c) An Ashram in southern India.
(d) Back to her family's roots in a tiny town near Pakistan.

4. About what religion does Mira-Masi tell stories to Uma and Aruna?
(a) Islam.
(b) Shinto.
(c) Buddhist.
(d) Hindu.

5. Who is Mali?
(a) Mira-Masi's attendant.
(b) Uma's friend who lives down the street
(c) Mira-Masi's sister.
(d) Uma's family's domestic help

Short Answer Questions

1. Who often give Uma something to add to her collection?

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

3. Who is Arvind?

4. Why does Uma seldom have privacy anymore by Chapter 4?

5. What do Mama and Papa do on occasional evenings at the club?

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