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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Sudah worried about for her child?
(a) She will grow up and resent her mother.
(b) She will grow up fatherless.
(c) She will grow up and have a good relationship with her father.
(d) She will be ridiculed for being a girl.

2. How does the novel end?
(a) Sudha and the baby are still on the plane.
(b) Sudha, Anju, and the baby are hugging.
(c) Anju finds that she is pregnant again.
(d) Anju and Sunil are arguing.

3. How does Sudha feel about her marriage?
(a) She is in love.
(b) She thinks that she fits in.
(c) She is embarrassed that she married a poor family.
(d) She is anxious that she is doing things poorly.

4. What does Anju hate most about Sunji's mother?
(a) She is loud.
(b) She is shameful.
(c) She is docile.
(d) She is not intelligent.

5. Sudha overhears Sunil avoid correcting somebody when they ask him about which of the following?
(a) If Sudha's child is his.
(b) If he loves Sudha.
(c) If he loves his wife.
(d) If Sudha is his wife.

6. How does Anju's husband realize that she has been keeping a job?
(a) He hears a message on the answering machine.
(b) He sees her at work.
(c) He sees a badge from her work.
(d) He is ridiculed by a co-worker.

7. What did the mothers do with the ruby?
(a) Made it into a ring.
(b) Sold it.
(c) Made it into a pendant.
(d) Destroyed it.

8. Where does Anju want to get a job?
(a) Elementary school.
(b) College library.
(c) Bookstore.
(d) Market.

9. What is the name of the goddess Sudha visits?
(a) Sparti.
(b) Shani.
(c) Shasti.
(d) Shentis.

10. What does Sudha believe she is giving up for her desire to have a baby?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Love.
(c) Ashok.
(d) Her best friend.

11. What does Sudha discover about her father on the plane?
(a) He is dead.
(b) He is a murderer.
(c) He is Singhji.
(d) He lives in America.

12. After Sudha has her daughter what does Ashok ask her?
(a) To marry him.
(b) To ignore him.
(c) To move to America.
(d) To move in with his family.

13. Who speaks up most for Sudha?
(a) Gouri.
(b) Nalini.
(c) Pishi.
(d) Anju.

14. What is Anju supposed to be doing when she accidentally falls asleep?
(a) Working.
(b) Taking a class.
(c) Studying.
(d) Cleaning the house.

15. How does Sudha respond to Sudha's request about her child?
(a) She is annoyed.
(b) She is compliant.
(c) She is displeased.
(d) She is docile.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the mothers react to Ashok's conditions?

2. After Sudha is pregnant, how does she feel toward her mother-in-law?

3. What kind of relationship does Ashok want from Sudha?

4. In Chapter 29 whom does Sudha visit?

5. Pishi tells Sudha the mothers will pay for _____________.

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