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

2. Why does Uma seldom have privacy anymore by Chapter 4?
(a) Her sister is still at home and unmarried and looks to Uma for companionship.
(b) Her parents seldom leave the house.
(c) Her brother bothers her constantly to play with him.
(d) Her mother has two more children.

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

4. Why does Anamika suffer a miscarriage?
(a) It is an ectopic pregnancy.
(b) The baby is malformed.
(c) As a result of a beating.
(d) She is too small.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Arun give Mrs. Patton as a parting gift?

2. What annoys Mr. Patton about Rod and Melanie?

3. When does Mira-Masi occasionally appear at Uma's home?

4. Who is Anamika?

5. Why do some of the pilgrims strike Uma on the back?

(see the answer key)

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