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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapters 7 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of ailment is Gouri afflicted with?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Dysentary.
(d) Stomach flu.

2. What does Sudha compare her life to after hearing the story about her father?
(a) A ferris wheel.
(b) A pile of laundry.
(c) A cartwheel.
(d) A television show.

3. Anju hopes to convince her mothers that Sudha should do which of the following?
(a) Go to college.
(b) Go to America.
(c) Drop out of school.
(d) Get married.

4. At the theater, who sits next to Sudha?
(a) A teenage girl.
(b) An ugly man who harasses Sudha.
(c) A man Sudha finds interesting.
(d) A woman with a child.

5. How does Sudha perceive her mother as behaving?
(a) Prideful.
(b) Shameful.
(c) Worried.
(d) Sorrowful.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the mothers, when is Sudha going to be married?

2. A relationship between which two characters is foreshadowed in the early chapters of the novel?

3. What is the name of the man the girls meet at the theater?

4. Who tells Sudha the story of her father?

5. After Sudha hears the story about her father, what happens to her?

(see the answer key)

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