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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 was Nalini doing when Gopal first saw her?
(a) Washing clothes in the creek.
(b) Cooking dinner.
(c) Meeting her future husband.
(d) Working in a butcher shop.

2. Initially, how does Anju feel about Sudha's elopement?
(a) She is angry and jealous by it.
(b) She discourages it.
(c) She is excited about it.
(d) She helps to set it up.

3. How does Anju feel about meeting her future husband?
(a) Not excited.
(b) Happy.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Disappointed.

4. In Chapter 7, Sudha feels ruled by __________.
(a) Her mother.
(b) Gouri.
(c) Her father.
(d) Anju.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following describes Anju's feelings for Sunil?

2. Sunil says that ____________ is the most beautiful woman in the world.

3. What does Sudha compare her life to after hearing the story about her father?

4. Whom does Sudha first tell that she has received a packet?

5. How many mother figures do Sudha and Anju have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Sudha.

2. Who is Singhji?

3. How do the Sanyals react to Sudha?

4. What role does Singhji take in the family when Gouri is ill?

5. Will Sudha and Anju have happy marriages?

6. What does Sudha say she has always wanted?

7. How does Sudha transform after hearing the story about her father?

8. Why do the chapters alternate between Sudha and Anju's narration?

9. How do the girls fight against tradition as teenagers?

10. How is Anju forced into her destiny?

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