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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is Arvind?
(a) Arun's best friend.
(b) Papa's brother.
(c) The man Aruna decides to marry.
(d) Uma's cousin.

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

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

6. Who is Anamika?
(a) Ramu's cousin.
(b) Uma's best friend.
(c) Ramu's sister.
(d) Ramu's wife.

7. Where have Mama and Papa gone at the opening to this Chapter 9?
(a) To a musical recital.
(b) To dinner with Papa's brother.
(c) To the temple.
(d) To play cards.

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

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

10. What stands in stark contrast to Uma's wedding plans?
(a) Arun's wedding plans.
(b) Uma's Christmas cards.
(c) Uma's coin collections.
(d) Aruna's wedding plans.

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

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

14. Why does Uma's world suddenly brighten one day in Chapter 5?
(a) Her cousin Ramu arrives.
(b) Aruna becomes engaged.
(c) Uma's Papa says she may travel and visit Arun in the United States.
(d) Mira-Masi wants Uma to travel with her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Uma collect?

2. What does Uma say the atmosphere at the Ashram is like?

3. Where does Uma sneak off to one day?

4. How does Mama feel about the trip they make with Aruna’s in-laws?

5. How does Uma get to the ashram?

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