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

2. What happens with Mira-Masi when she leaves Mama and Papa's home to go to the ashram?
(a) She and Uma get stuck on a plane on the way to England.
(b) She goes into a hospital.
(c) She rallies health-wise.
(d) She visits Ramu.

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

4. 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) That he had to leave Mama home alone to come rescue Uma.
(d) The injustice of Uma's misfortune.

5. How old is Uma at the opening to Chapter 3?
(a) 20.
(b) 15.
(c) 80.
(d) 45.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Papa do every day after work?

2. Why does Uma give Ayah much of Uma's clothing?

3. What does Uma say about having to take care of her new baby brother?

4. What is Papa's vocation?

5. Where does Uma sneak off to one day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Uma do one night when Mama and Papa have gone out?

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

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

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

8. How does Uma feel about Mira-Masi?

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

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

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