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

2. What does Sudha name her daughter?
(a) Dayita.
(b) Damita.
(c) Dalita.
(d) Darita.

3. What does Sudha's father want her to know about?
(a) His own near-death experience.
(b) Anju's biological parents.
(c) The true story about the mothers.
(d) Bijoy's death.

4. How do the mothers react to Ashok's conditions?
(a) They are unaware.
(b) They accept them.
(c) They are disappointed in them.
(d) They find them repulsive.

5. Anju finds it easy to ____________.
(a) Hide things from her husband.
(b) Spy on her husband.
(c) Pretend that she is in love with her husband.
(d) Pretend that she is happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the girls learn is hereditary in the family?

2. What does Sudha discover about her father on the plane?

3. What does Ashok ask Sudha to do with her child?

4. What farewell gesture does Sudha give to Ashok?

5. In Chapter 25, how long has passed since the girls were married?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Sudha worry about Ramesh?

3. What annoys Anju about Sudha?

4. How does Anju's life change in America?

5. What does Sudha ask for herself and her baby?

6. Why does Sudha think that Gouri has not called to tell her about the brain defect?

7. How does Anju feel about her niece?

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

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

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

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