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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. What disappoints Papa about Arun as Arun gets older?
(a) Arun believes females are the equal of males.
(b) Arun is interested in law.
(c) Arun does not view his father as infallible.
(d) Arun will not eat meat.

2. Where does Uma sneak off to one day?
(a) St. Mary's school.
(b) St. John's Basilica.
(c) To her best friend's house.
(d) The large Mall about 20 kilometers from home.

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

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

5. About what are Uma and Aruna disappointed concerning Anamika?
(a) That she is to marry a boy who has not even reached his majority.
(b) That she has refused to consider marriage.
(c) That she is to become pregnant.
(d) That she is to marry a much older man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Uma collect?

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

3. When does Uma hear human voices at the Ashram?

4. What happens when Uma is told she has the mark of the Lord?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do Mama and Papa not approve of Ramu?

3. What does Uma do one night when Mama and Papa have gone out?

4. What happens when Aruna comes to visit her family several years after her marriage?

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

6. How does giving birth to a male child affect Mama's status?

7. What does Uma feel about the time she fell into the Ganges and was sinking?

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

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

10. How does Uma compare herself to Aruna?

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