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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 does Papa write to Arun about Mrs. Patton?
(a) She will tutor Arun in English literature.
(b) She will help Arun get his driver's license.
(c) She is willing to let Arun live there for the summer.
(d) She will do Arun's laundry.

2. Of what is Rod aware concerning Melanie?
(a) That she is bulimic.
(b) That she skips school regularly.
(c) That she has a boy in her room.
(d) That she is failing two classes at school.

3. What does Mrs. O'Henry give Uma?
(a) Some clothing from her older daughter.
(b) Some Christmas cards.
(c) A Bible.
(d) Some books.

4. What does Uma do when she reaches her breaking point with her parents in Chapter 12?
(a) Locks herself in her room.
(b) Curses her mama.
(c) Leaves home.
(d) Refuses to attend to one more task.

5. Why does receiving an aerogramme from Papa irritate Arun?
(a) He feels Papa is monitoring him all the way from India.
(b) He thinks Papa does not trust him to find his own way.
(c) Arun does not find it irritating.
(d) Other students make fun of his Papa's involvement in Arun's life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Mama and Papa's response to Dr. Dutt's inquiry?

2. Why does Arun jump into the water and lands in a belly flop?

3. What does Melanie eat after leaving the meal Arun cooks?

4. What does Arun have difficulty comprehending?

5. To what does Arun contrast his life at the Patton household?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Rod Patton like?

2. What do Arun and Mrs. Patton have in common?

3. Why does Arun go with Mrs. Patton and Melanie to the swim hole even though he does not wish to do so?

4. Why does Arun enter the water so quickly despite not being able to swim well?

5. What happens one particularly hot and dusty day with Uma?

6. How do Mama and Papa respond to Uma's outburst in Chapter 12?

7. What does Arun discover when he takes a walk into the woods?

8. How has Mrs. Patton changed over the course of the summer?

9. What does Arun begin doing and why?

10. What does Arun receive from Uma before he moves out of the Patton home?

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