2. What happens about Uma's marriage?
(a) It is not said what happens about her marriage.
(b) Uma remains married but lives at the convent.
(c) It is annulled.
(d) Uma remains married but lives with her parents.

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

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

5. When does Uma collapse into one of her fits in Chapter 9?
(a) At a restaurant with Mira-Masi.
(b) When the family is at the park.
(c) At the pre-wedding cocktail party.
(d) In her bedroom.

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

7. What does Uma notice about Aruna in Chapter 8?
(a) Aruna is good at manipulating their mother.
(b) Aruna is not sorry that she can't get marries.
(c) Aruna is very shy.
(d) Aruna instinctively knows how to dress and behave in public.

8. Where do both families go when Aruna and her in-laws are visiting?
(a) To bathe in the Ganges.
(b) To light incense in the temple.
(c) To watch fireworks.
(d) To the movie theater.

9. Why is Papa so angry when the arranged marriage for Uma falls through?
(a) The groom has said things to sully Uma's reputation.
(b) There is not actually a son in the family.
(c) The groom's family spent the dowry.
(d) Uma will never be able to marry now.

10. What irritates Papa when they go to the park?
(a) The barking dogs.
(b) The trash.
(c) The loud music.
(d) The number of people there.

11. What does Papa rant about on the train ride home from Uma’s new husband’s place?
(a) That he had to leave Mama home alone to come rescue Uma.
(b) The injustice of Uma's misfortune.
(c) That poor people are being allowed on the forward cars.
(d) His sorrow that Uma has been embarrassed.

12. Why do female relatives send pictures to Mama and Papa?
(a) To start searching for a wife for Arun.
(b) To start searching for a husband for Uma.
(c) They are not sending pictures as Uma refuses marriage.
(d) To start searching for a husband for Aruna.

13. Where is Uma left when her new husband leaves for work?
(a) Alone in a flat.
(b) With his brother's in-laws.
(c) With his mother and other female family members.
(d) With his children from his previous marriage.

14. How old is Uma at the opening to Chapter 3?
(a) 45.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 80.

15. What do Mama and Papa do on occasional evenings at the club?
(a) Play cars.
(b) Swim.
(c) Bet or horse races.
(d) Play shuffleboard.