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

2. Why is Anju unable to travel with Sunji?
(a) She is scared of traveling.
(b) Sunji does not want her to go.
(c) She is waiting for her visa to be approved.
(d) She does not speak English.

3. Where does Anju want to get a job?
(a) Elementary school.
(b) Market.
(c) College library.
(d) Bookstore.

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

5. Ramesh's aunt insulted __________.
(a) Her sister's home.
(b) Sudha.
(c) Ramesh's education.
(d) Her sister's jewelry.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Sudha has her daughter what does Ashok ask her?

2. How does Sunil feel when he learns that Anju is pregnant?

3. Anju is disappointed that Sunil does not act in what way?

4. What does Anju learn that she enjoys doing in America?

5. What is inside the brown packet from the mothers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Sudha fit into her new life?

6. What happens at Shasti's shrine?

7. How does Anju feel about her niece?

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

9. What request does Ashok make of Sudha?

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

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