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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What saves Arun from having to react any further to Melanie?
(a) Rod comes walking up.
(b) Melanie's boyfriend orders Arun to leave.
(c) Mrs. Patton arrives.
(d) Melanie runs off.

2. What appealed to Arun about the idea of a room in a boarding house?
(a) Being completely on his own.
(b) Privacy.
(c) Becoming invisable.
(d) Saving money.

3. What does Uma do after she reaches her breaking point in Chapter 12?
(a) Tells her parents she is going to see Arun in the United States.
(b) Has a fit on the floor.
(c) Calls her sister in Bombay.
(d) Goes to her room and reads.

4. 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.

5. What does Melanie vehemently refuse the next morning?
(a) To ride the school bus because her car is broken.
(b) Scrambled eggs.
(c) To take Rod with her to a party that night.
(d) A ride to school.

6. With what does Mother Agnes want Uma's assistance?
(a) The nursery school.
(b) The Christmas bazaar.
(c) The Christmas play.
(d) Nothing.

7. What do Arun and Mrs. Patton have in common?
(a) They have both studied the ancient Greek language.
(b) They both love horror flicks.
(c) They both love to read classics.
(d) They both dislike meat.

8. How much time does Papa allow for Arun to exercise?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) No time.

9. What does Arun see Melanie eating in the kitchen in Chapter 25?
(a) Greasy ribs.
(b) Donuts.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) Tablespoons of cocoa.

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

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

12. What has Mrs. Patton not been able to overcome?
(a) Her desire to stay at an Ashram for an extended time.
(b) Her feelings of inferiority.
(c) Her family's wish to eat meat.
(d) Her dislike of American culture.

13. Where does Dr. Dutt want Uma to work?
(a) Calcutta.
(b) The Medical Institute.
(c) Bombay.
(d) London.

14. To what does Arun contrast his life at the Patton household?
(a) To the lack of expectations at the Patton household.
(b) To some of the sitcoms he watches on television.
(c) To the quiet of his life growing up.
(d) To the noisy, cluttered life he shared with him family in India.

15. What is Melanie eating when Arun first sees her?
(a) A bagel.
(b) A donut.
(c) Peanuts.
(d) A Babe Ruth bar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Anamika's neighbors say is the cause of Anamika's death?

2. What does Mrs. Patton decide to do to help Arun feel comfortable?

3. How does Arun feel when he goes with Mrs. Patton to the grocery store?

4. About what does Mrs. Patton question Arun on the way home from the grocery store?

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

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