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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. Sunil is traveling to ____________.
(a) Italy.
(b) America.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Iran.

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

3. Why does Ramesh suggest that he and Sudha do not have marital relations yet?
(a) She is not comfortable with him.
(b) He is not attracted to her.
(c) He does not want to have children.
(d) He is not comfortable with her.

4. Who takes Sudha to the goddess shrine?
(a) Her mother-in-law.
(b) Anju.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Sudha think about Anju most?

2. When does Sudha finally find peace?

3. What is Sudah worried about for her child?

4. What does Sudha's father want her to know about?

5. What does Anju discover about Sudha?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Anju feel about her niece?

2. Who speaks up most for Sudha and why?

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

6. How does Mrs. Sanyal behave toward Sudha now that she is pregnant?

7. What happens at Shasti's shrine?

8. Does Sudha think that she is treated well?

9. Why does Sudha's mother-in-law want her to have an abortion?

10. What role does Sudha's mother-in-law take over Sudha's reproductivity?

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