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

2. When Sunil finds out about Anju working an extra shift at the library, what happens?
(a) Anju has a miscarriage.
(b) Sunil asks Anju for a divorce.
(c) Sunil's anger causes Anju to leave.
(d) Sunil tells Anju he is moving back to India.

3. Which adjective best describes the way Sudha responds to her new family?
(a) Arrogant.
(b) Embarrassed.
(c) Docile.
(d) Angry.

4. What do the girls learn is hereditary in the family?
(a) Eye disorder.
(b) Brain defect.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Depression.

5. What view does most of Indian society have of divorce in the story?
(a) Divorce never occurs.
(b) Divorce is enlightening.
(c) Divorce is casual.
(d) Divorce is disgraceful.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 29 whom does Sudha visit?

2. How does the novel end?

3. When does Sudha finally find peace?

4. What does Anju discover about Sudha?

5. When Sudha learns about her father, how does she feel about him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who speaks up most for Sudha and why?

2. What happens at Shasti's shrine?

3. How does Anju find peace?

4. Does Sudha think that she is treated well?

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

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

7. What kind of relationship do Anju and Sunil have?

8. What request does Ashok make of Sudha?

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

10. How does Sudha find peace?

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