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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. Who does Uma call when her parents are out in Chapter 9?
(a) Aruna.
(b) Mrs. O'Henry.
(c) Mira-Masi.
(d) Arun.

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

3. What is the purpose of Anamika's beauty for her husband?
(a) To make himself feel better.
(b) To sully.
(c) To further his social and business future.
(d) To show his brother that he is superior.

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

5. What does Papa rant about on the train ride home from Uma’s new husband’s place?
(a) That poor people are being allowed on the forward cars.
(b) His sorrow that Uma has been embarrassed.
(c) The injustice of Uma's misfortune.
(d) That he had to leave Mama home alone to come rescue Uma.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the prospective groom's family do for a living?

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

4. How often does Aruna bring her children to visit her parents and Uma?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Uma compare herself to Aruna?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What do Uma and Ramu do one evening that causes Mama and Papa to be angry?

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

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