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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Mrs. O'Henry invite Uma in Chapter 10?
(a) A baby shower.
(b) A croquet game.
(c) A coffee party.
(d) A church service.

2. What does Arun begin to do in order to be more like Americans?
(a) Play basketball.
(b) Watch telelvision.
(c) Jog.
(d) Play video games.

3. In Chapter 11, what does Mrs. Joshi encourage Uma to consider doing?
(a) Going to stay with Aruna for a while.
(b) Joining the convent.
(c) Getting a job.
(d) Going to visit her brother in England.

4. What do Anamika's neighbors say is the cause of Anamika's death?
(a) Accident.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Murder.
(d) Grief.

5. Why is Arun amazed that Mrs. Patton wants to go to the grocery store?
(a) It is almost 10 p.m.
(b) Melanie needs help terribly and Mrs. Patton wants to go shopping.
(c) The freezer is stuffed with food.
(d) Rod is ill and needs to go to the doctor's office.

6. What particularly strikes Arun as he is walking to the Patton home?
(a) The irony of going to live with Americans, which he used to want to do but no longer does.
(b) That the Pattons do not even know he is from India.
(c) The tidy homes amidst verdant landscape.
(d) That Mrs. Patton is allowing an unmarried male to stay in the same home with her daughters.

7. What does Mama ascribe to Mrs. O'Henry's kindness?
(a) An ulterior motive.
(b) Pity on Mrs. O'Henry's part.
(c) That Mrs. O'Henry is condescending of Uma.
(d) Snobbishnes.

8. What does Arun have difficulty comprehending?
(a) Melanie's angst.
(b) The way Melanie's boyfriend treats her.
(c) Why Mrs. Patton refuses to see the truth about Melanie.
(d) Why Americans value pets so much.

9. How does Mrs. Patton confront Melanie's refusal?
(a) Mrs. Patton does nothing.
(b) Mrs. Patton slaps Melanie.
(c) Mrs. Patton calls the principal of the school Melanie attends.
(d) Mrs. Patton calls the psychiatrist.

10. Who is Mali?
(a) Mira-Masi's sister.
(b) Mira-Masi's attendant.
(c) Uma's family's domestic help
(d) Uma's friend who lives down the street

11. What arrives that is intended to help Arun survive the Massachusetts winter?
(a) A small space heater.
(b) Tea and a warm shawl.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A down jacket.

12. What does Uma do when she reaches her breaking point with her parents in Chapter 12?
(a) Curses her mama.
(b) Refuses to attend to one more task.
(c) Locks herself in her room.
(d) Leaves home.

13. What is particularly "foreign" to Arun at college?
(a) The familiarity of the men and women at social gatherings.
(b) The lack of respect during lectures.
(c) The weekend paries.
(d) The football games.

14. How does Mrs. Patton respond when she finds Melanie at the swimming hole?
(a) She pretends Melanie has the flu.
(b) She faints.
(c) She tells Melanie she has to go see a psychiatrist.
(d) She is aghast.

15. Where does Arun work?
(a) The library.
(b) An Indian grocery.
(c) A fast food joint.
(d) The library.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Arun not have the heart to tell Mrs. Patton?

2. How do Mama and Papa feel about Uma’s invitation from Mrs. O'Henry?

3. What does the cashier ask Mrs. Patton at the grocery store?

4. What does Uma do after she reaches her breaking point in Chapter 12?

5. What does Mrs. Patton say she and Arun can do together?

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