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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why are Mama and Papa angry when Uma returns home after dinner out with a relative?
(a) She talks back to her parents.
(b) She tells her parents she was with a man.
(c) She is tipsy.
(d) She is very late.

3. Where does Aruna go to live in Chapter 9?
(a) The United States.
(b) Southern India.
(c) Bombay.
(d) England.

4. Why does Uma seldom have privacy anymore by Chapter 4?
(a) Her mother has two more children.
(b) Her brother bothers her constantly to play with him.
(c) Her parents seldom leave the house.
(d) Her sister is still at home and unmarried and looks to Uma for companionship.

5. Why do female relatives send pictures to Mama and Papa?
(a) To start searching for a husband for Aruna.
(b) To start searching for a husband for Uma.
(c) To start searching for a wife for Arun.
(d) They are not sending pictures as Uma refuses marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what are Uma and Aruna disappointed concerning Anamika?

2. What do Uma and Aruna feel about their mother's pregnancy?

3. Why was Uma's new husband anxious to get her dowry?

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

5. When does Uma almost drown?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Uma's life like at the home of her new husband?

2. How does Uma feel about Mira-Masi?

3. How does Mother Agnes respond to Uma's pleas?

4. Who does Uma call in Chapter 9, and what is the outcome?

5. How does Uma and her family learn that the prospective groom is not interested in Uma?

6. What is the atmosphere like at the Ashram that Mira-Masi and Uma travel to, and how does Uma feel about it?

7. How does Aruna feel about Uma's lack of marriage prospects?

8. How do Uma and Aruna respond to news of their mother's pregnancy?

9. How does Uma compare herself to Aruna?

10. How do Uma and Aruna feel about Anamika's engagement?

(see the answer keys)

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