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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 is inside the brown packet from the mothers?
(a) A credit card.
(b) A jewelry box.
(c) A letter.
(d) Money.

2. The mothers warn Anju that she should do which of the following?
(a) Clean the house better.
(b) Give up her dreams.
(c) Test the baby for a brain defect.
(d) Be a better wife.

3. Pishi tells Sudha the mothers will pay for _____________.
(a) A new home for her and the baby.
(b) Her medical care.
(c) Her education.
(d) Her child's well-being.

4. How does Sunil feel when he learns that Anju is pregnant?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Angry.
(c) Excited.
(d) Jealous.

5. Sudha thinks that Ramesh would not stand up for her against whom?
(a) Anju.
(b) His mother.
(c) His brother.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What view does most of Indian society have of divorce in the story?

2. What does Sudha believe she is giving up for her desire to have a baby?

3. Who speaks up most for Sudha?

4. Why is Pishi often socially excluded?

5. What does Sudha's ring symbolize?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who speaks up most for Sudha and why?

2. What request does Ashok make of Sudha?

3. Why is Anju second guessing her decision for Sudha to move to America?

4. In what ways have the mothers found new identities?

5. Why does Anju decide to get a job?

6. How does Anju feel about getting married?

7. What dream did Sudha have about Prem?

8. How does Anju find peace?

9. What is symbolic of the final scene in the novel?

10. How does Anju feel when she finds Sudha's handkerchief in Sunjil's belongings?

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