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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 26 - 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Mrs. Patton question Arun on the way home from the grocery store?
(a) If Melanie is still throwing up regularly.
(b) If Rod has a girlfriend.
(c) If Mrs. Patton looks fat.
(d) If he likes Melanie.

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

3. What particularly strikes Arun as he is walking to the Patton home?
(a) The irony of going to live with Americans, which he used to want to do but no longer does.
(b) The tidy homes amidst verdant landscape.
(c) That the Pattons do not even know he is from India.
(d) That Mrs. Patton is allowing an unmarried male to stay in the same home with her daughters.

4. What is the implication of Mama's illness for Uma?
(a) If Mama dies, Uma will have to run the household.
(b) She will have to stay home to care for Mama.
(c) Uma will have to return from England if her mama dies.
(d) Nothing, as Uma already does everything.

5. When does Uma almost drown?
(a) When participating in a ritualistic dip in the Ganges.
(b) When she and some friends swim at the public pool.
(c) When she is ill and goes unconscious in the bathtub.
(d) When Arun accidentally pushes her in the pond at the park.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the disposition of the man interested in marrying Uma?

3. What does the prospective groom's family do for a living?

4. What has Mrs. Patton not been able to overcome?

5. What practice is Mrs. Patton considering adopting?

(see the answer key)

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