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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 two countries are the settings for “Fasting, Feasting”?
(a) The Unites States and Napal.
(b) The United States and China.
(c) India and the United States.
(d) The United States and Malaysia.

2. Where does Uma accompany Mira-Masi when the old woman visits?
(a) The open market.
(b) The new mall.
(c) The temple.
(d) The library.

3. When does Mira-Masi occasionally appear at Uma's home?
(a) When Uma's father demands Mira-Masi's presence.
(b) When Mira-Masi's husband sends her away for some time.
(c) When Mira-Masi is en route to some spiritual adventure or pilgrimage.
(d) When Mira-Masi needs more money from Papa.

4. What stands in stark contrast to Uma's wedding plans?
(a) Uma's Christmas cards.
(b) Aruna's wedding plans.
(c) Arun's wedding plans.
(d) Uma's coin collections.

5. What happens to the dowry Papa gives a suitor for Uma?
(a) Papa refuses to give them a dowry.
(b) They send half of it back after the groom is killed.
(c) They keep it but refuse the marriage.
(d) They return it and refuse the marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of Anamika's beauty for her husband?

2. Why does Uma seldom have privacy anymore by Chapter 4?

3. What happens with Mira-Masi when she leaves Mama and Papa's home to go to the ashram?

4. Where is the ashram situated?

5. Who wants to take Uma to an ashram?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Uma feel about Mira-Masi?

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

8. Why does Uma sneak out of the house one day?

9. Why does Papa go and bring Uma back home from her new husband's household and how does he react?

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

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