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

2. With whom does the man interested in marrying Uma live?
(a) His extended family.
(b) His children.
(c) His ex-wife's family.
(d) He lives alone.

3. About what is Uma's Papa outraged after she is married?
(a) Uma is not willing to live with her new husband's family.
(b) Uma's husband has another wife and children.
(c) Uma's husband is asking for more dowry.
(d) Aruna was killed by an insane person who is let out of an asylum.

4. What does the prospective groom's family do for a living?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Cloth merchants.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Undertaker.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mira-Masi explain the two failed attempts at marriage for Uma?

2. What does Papa do every day after work?

3. Who convinces Uma to return home from the ashram?

4. Where does Uma go after making her phone call in Chapter 9?

5. What two countries are the settings for “Fasting, Feasting”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What makes one possible husband for Uma not ideal, but why do Mama and Papa decide to negotiate anyway?

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

5. What does Mira-Masi tell Uma one day about the mark of the Lord, and how does Uma react?

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

7. What does Mama do each day to prepare Papa for the day?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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