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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 communication problem does Anju have with her family?
(a) Nobody wants to speak the truth.
(b) Phone calls are too expensive.
(c) Everybody is angry with each other.
(d) Nobody wants to talk on the phone.

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

3. What are Anju and Sunil doing when Anju has a miscarriage?
(a) Working.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Cleaning.
(d) Arguing.

4. Who is hateful to Sudha, convincing her to move to America?
(a) Sarita.
(b) Nalini.
(c) Pishi.
(d) Gouri.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sudah worried about for her child?

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

3. What does Sunil say about the baby that Anju lost?

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

5. What will the mothers' house become?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why hasn't Sudha's mother-in-law been telling anybody that Sudha is pregnant?

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

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

5. How does Anju feel about her niece?

6. What happens at Shasti's shrine?

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

8. How does Anju find peace?

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

10. Why does Anju decide to get a job?

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