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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 does Uma's world suddenly brighten one day in Chapter 5?
(a) Uma's Papa says she may travel and visit Arun in the United States.
(b) Aruna becomes engaged.
(c) Mira-Masi wants Uma to travel with her.
(d) Her cousin Ramu arrives.

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

3. What is the room like where Uma is shown at the Ashram?
(a) Bare.
(b) Fairly luxurious for an ashram.
(c) Full of pictures of holy men and women.
(d) Dirty and mold.

4. What is Uma's response when the man interested in marrying her arrives at her house?
(a) Joy.
(b) Horror.
(c) Interest.
(d) Repulsion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Uma get to the ashram?

2. Where is Arun at the opening of the novel?

3. What does the prospective groom's father say that makes Mama want to arrange the marriage with that family?

4. How does Uma get home from her trip she sneaks off to make?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In the opening to the book, what does Uma do while her parents are sitting on the veranda?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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