2. What is the purpose of Anamika's beauty for her husband?
(a) To sully.
(b) To further his social and business future.
(c) To make himself feel better.
(d) To show his brother that he is superior.

3. What do most people say when Mama approaches them about marriage for Uma?
(a) They are looking for someone younger or more beautiful.
(b) They would take Aruna by not Uma.
(c) They want someone with more dowry.
(d) They want someone who is more educated.

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

5. What is the room like where Uma is shown at the Ashram?
(a) Dirty and mold.
(b) Fairly luxurious for an ashram.
(c) Bare.
(d) Full of pictures of holy men and women.

6. About what are Uma and Aruna disappointed concerning Anamika?
(a) That she is to become pregnant.
(b) That she is to marry a boy who has not even reached his majority.
(c) That she is to marry a much older man.
(d) That she has refused to consider marriage.

7. 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 brother bothers her constantly to play with him.
(c) Her parents seldom leave the house.
(d) Her mother has two more children.

8. How does Uma get home from her trip she sneaks off to make?
(a) Her best friend's brother.
(b) Her father comes to get her.
(c) The school van.
(d) The proprietor of the shop she wants a job at takes her.

9. What happens with Mira-Masi when she leaves Mama and Papa's home to go to the ashram?
(a) She rallies health-wise.
(b) She visits Ramu.
(c) She and Uma get stuck on a plane on the way to England.
(d) She goes into a hospital.

10. What does Papa do every day after work?
(a) Play cricket.
(b) Call his father.
(c) Play tennis.
(d) Visit the temple.

11. With whom does the man interested in marrying Uma live?
(a) He lives alone.
(b) His ex-wife's family.
(c) His extended family.
(d) His children.

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

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

14. How often does Aruna bring her children to visit her parents and Uma?
(a) Every other weekend.
(b) Most Saturdays.
(c) Once a month.
(d) Seldom.

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