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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Papa act once he gets home from the hospital after Mama delivers a baby boy?
(a) Exuberant.
(b) Anxious about finances.
(c) Despondent.
(d) As if nothing had happened.

2. What does Uma spend her life doing?
(a) Searching for the perfect husband.
(b) Working at a floor loom.
(c) Plotting revenge.
(d) Being subservient to her parents' demands.

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

4. What does Uma say about having to take care of her new baby brother?
(a) Her school work is suffering.
(b) She wishes it had been a baby girl.
(c) She is bitter that another male is being coddled.
(d) She loves everything about it.

5. What happens when Uma is told she has the mark of the Lord?
(a) Uma cries.
(b) Uma goes into a trance.
(c) Uma packs her bags and leaves.
(d) Uma feels happy.

6. How does Aruna see her parents in relation to her in-laws?
(a) As provincial.
(b) As poor.
(c) As wealthy.
(d) As generous.

7. What is the result of the birth of Arun on Mama's position in the community?
(a) It stays the same.
(b) It is more complex.
(c) It is elevated.
(d) It is more stable.

8. What does Uma collect?
(a) Stamps.
(b) Christmas cards.
(c) Coins.
(d) Dolls.

9. Why do some of the pilgrims strike Uma on the back?
(a) To send her more deeply into the trance.
(b) To bring her out of the trance.
(c) To gain luck.
(d) To loosen Uma's soul.

10. Why does Papa come to where Uma is staying after she is married?
(a) To let her know that Aruna has died.
(b) To fetch Uma home.
(c) To bring Uma her belongings.
(d) To make certain Uma is being treated well.

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

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

13. Where is the ashram situated?
(a) On a small tributary of the Ganges River.
(b) On the open plains.
(c) On the Granges River.
(d) At the foot of some hills.

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

15. How does Uma feel in comparison to Aruna?
(a) Graceful.
(b) Outgoing.
(c) Intellectually superior.
(d) Awkward and dowdy.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what religion does Mira-Masi tell stories to Uma and Aruna?

2. Why does Uma's world suddenly brighten one day in Chapter 5?

3. Where does Uma go after making her phone call in Chapter 9?

4. Why does Anamika suffer a miscarriage?

5. How old is Uma at the opening to Chapter 3?

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