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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ramesh's mother want from her son's marriage?
(a) A love match.
(b) Happiness.
(c) A maid.
(d) Grandchildren.

3. What does Gouri give the girls as a birthday gift?
(a) Letters.
(b) Money.
(c) Books.
(d) Movies.

4. What is the name of the woman who escorts Sudha and Anju home?
(a) Sarita.
(b) Sarandon.
(c) Samita.
(d) Sheron.

5. Who agreed to loan money to Gopal if he also went on the trip?
(a) Shangji.
(b) Ginji.
(c) Barnard.
(d) Bijoy.

6. How did the women feel when Gopal and the other man were going on a trip?
(a) Excited.
(b) Displeased.
(c) Angry.
(d) Sad.

7. What kind of business do Sudha and Anju's family run?
(a) Grocery store.
(b) Butcher shop.
(c) Spa.
(d) Bookstore.

8. Which word does Sudha believe to be the first one written on her forehead?
(a) Small.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Thin.
(d) Lazy.

9. In Chapter 4, how old are the girls going to be?
(a) 15.
(b) 14.
(c) 13.
(d) 16.

10. According to the mothers, when is Sudha going to be married?
(a) After she finishes school.
(b) When she is 14.
(c) When she is 25.
(d) After she goes to college.

11. After Sudha hears the story about her father, how does she feel about him?
(a) She finds him to be fascinating.
(b) She finds him to be a respectable person.
(c) She loves him.
(d) She finds him thoughtless.

12. The man who comes into the bookstore asks Anju for books by which author?
(a) Virginia Woolf.
(b) D.H. Lawrence.
(c) Edith Wharton.
(d) William Shakespeare.

13. What is the last name of Sudha and Anju's family?
(a) Changjlee.
(b) Chatterjee.
(c) Bartjin.
(d) Partinjen.

14. Whom does Sudha go to for help?
(a) Pishi.
(b) Singhji.
(c) Ashok.
(d) Gouri.

15. How does Anju feel about the upcoming marriage?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Ecstatic.
(d) Sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who acts as leader of the family?

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

3. How does Sudha's outlook change in Chapter 17?

4. What kind of family did Sudha's mother come from?

5. What impression does the reader get from Mrs. Majumdar?

(see the answer keys)

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