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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Uma go after making her phone call in Chapter 9?
(a) To soak in the tub.
(b) Out for a walk.
(c) The veranda.
(d) To sleep on the sofa.

2. What does Uma fear as she dials a phone number in Chapter 9?
(a) The operator will say the call cannot go through.
(b) Her sister will call and interrupt.
(c) Her papa will appear.
(d) The cook will tell her parents.

3. What two countries are the settings for “Fasting, Feasting”?
(a) The Unites States and Napal.
(b) India and the United States.
(c) The United States and China.
(d) The United States and Malaysia.

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

5. Why do Mama and Papa not approve of what has happened at the opening to Chapter 5?
(a) They think Uma should not be talking to strange men.
(b) They do not approve of Uma's fiancé.
(c) They don't want to lose Uma's free labor.
(d) Ramu arrives without any prior warning.

6. How does Mama feel about the trip they make with Aruna’s in-laws?
(a) Potentially dangerous.
(b) Enjoyable.
(c) As proof of one's religious fervor.
(d) As boring.

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

8. What does Mrs. Joshi say about the groom's family?
(a) They would be very bad for Uma.
(b) They have a reputation for being unscrupulous.
(c) They are from the lower class.
(d) They have a reputation for honor.

9. What decision do Uma's parents make that displeases her?
(a) Uma has to stay in India instead of going to the United States for school.
(b) Uma must marry a young man she despises.
(c) Uma will go to boarding school in the fall.
(d) Uma will not return to the convent school.

10. When is the new baby boy born?
(a) Mid-summer.
(b) At the end of the summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Early winter.

11. When does Uma hear human voices at the Ashram?
(a) Never.
(b) At meals.
(c) During morning and evening prayers.
(d) All the time.

12. Who does Uma call when her parents are out in Chapter 9?
(a) Mrs. O'Henry.
(b) Mira-Masi.
(c) Aruna.
(d) Arun.

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

14. What does the prospective groom's family do for a living?
(a) Cloth merchants.
(b) Undertaker.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Lawyer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the ashram situated?

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

3. What does Uma spend her life doing?

4. Where does Anamika live after marriage?

5. What does Uma regret about the trip with Aruna and Aruna's in-laws?

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