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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. How does Uma's family get news of Anamika's death?
(a) The police come and tell them.
(b) A telegram.
(c) Her husband arrives to tell them.
(d) Her mother-in-law arrives to tell them.

2. What is Melanie eating when Arun first sees her?
(a) A bagel.
(b) A Babe Ruth bar.
(c) Peanuts.
(d) A donut.

3. What does Uma do after she reaches her breaking point in Chapter 12?
(a) Has a fit on the floor.
(b) Goes to her room and reads.
(c) Calls her sister in Bombay.
(d) Tells her parents she is going to see Arun in the United States.

4. What does Arun notice as he escapes the Patton's arguing?
(a) Rod has snuck a puppy into his bedroom.
(b) Melanie has snuck a boy into her room.
(c) Melanie is vomiting in the bathroom again.
(d) The television is blaring and no one is in the family room.

5. What appealed to Arun about the idea of a room in a boarding house?
(a) Privacy.
(b) Saving money.
(c) Becoming invisable.
(d) Being completely on his own.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Arun moving to the Patton home?

2. Around what does Rod Patton's life revolve?

3. What does Arun receive before he leaves for the dormitory?

4. What does Mr. Patton not acknowledge?

5. What word does Uma say defines her brother's childhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Arun feel when he receives an aerogramme from Papa?

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

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

4. To what does Mrs. O'Henry invite Uma, and what do her parents feel about the event?

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

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

7. How does Uma seem different from the other guests at Mrs. O’Henry’s?

8. What were Mama's and Papa's jobs concerning their children?

9. How does Arun feel when he finds Mrs. Patton sunbathing one day?

10. What does Uma say about Mira-Masi?

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