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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 18 - 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Uma's response when the man interested in marrying her arrives at her house?
(a) Repulsion.
(b) Interest.
(c) Horror.
(d) Joy.

2. Why is Arun moving to the Patton home?
(a) He is dating one of the Patton girls.
(b) He wants to experience American life more authentically.
(c) He is staying with them for summer break.
(d) It will be cheaper than staying in the dorm.

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

4. What appealed to Arun about the idea of a room in a boarding house?
(a) Being completely on his own.
(b) Privacy.
(c) Becoming invisable.
(d) Saving money.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mama say when she pounds on Uma's door in Chapter 12?

3. What does the prospective groom's father say that makes Mama want to arrange the marriage with that family?

4. Why does the prospective groom's family not offer a reciprocal invitation to Uma and her Mama?

5. With what does Mother Agnes want Uma's assistance?

(see the answer key)

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