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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 does Uma do when they return from the park and her parents sit on the swing?
(a) Sew.
(b) Paint.
(c) Bring her parents lemonade.
(d) Chat with a friend on the phone.

2. What does Uma say about having to take care of her new baby brother?
(a) Her school work is suffering.
(b) She wishes it had been a baby girl.
(c) She is bitter that another male is being coddled.
(d) She loves everything about it.

3. What does a man who is interested in Uma do for a living?
(a) College professor.
(b) Salesman.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Store clerk.

4. Where does Anamika live after marriage?
(a) Surigli.
(b) The United States.
(c) Calcutta.
(d) Bombay.

5. How does Uma feel in comparison to Aruna?
(a) Awkward and dowdy.
(b) Outgoing.
(c) Intellectually superior.
(d) Graceful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Aruna gently chide Uma in Chapter 8?

2. Where is the ashram situated?

3. What is the result of the birth of Arun on Mama's position in the community?

4. Why do female relatives send pictures to Mama and Papa?

5. Where does Uma sneak off to one day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Anamika's life after her marriage?

4. How does Uma compare herself to Aruna?

5. Why does Papa want the family to eat meat, and who will not do so?

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

7. What happens when Aruna comes of age for marriage?

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

9. How does Mama and Papa's moods affect the rest of the household?

10. When does Uma realize what she has lost in leaving the ashram?

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