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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 Sudah do to cheer herself up?
(a) She makes a quilt.
(b) She knits an outfit for the baby.
(c) She goes shopping.
(d) She cleans the house.

2. What does Anju learn that she enjoys doing in America?
(a) Shopping.
(b) Creating quilts.
(c) Making her own money.
(d) Being a mother.

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

4. Which adjective best describes Sunil at the airport?
(a) Guilty.
(b) Angry.
(c) Embarrassed.
(d) Impatient.

5. Sudha thinks that Ramesh would not stand up for her against whom?
(a) Anju.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Anju unable to travel with Sunji?

2. What did the mothers do with the ruby?

3. What does Sudha's mother-in-law begin to control?

4. When Sunil finds out about Anju working an extra shift at the library, what happens?

5. What is Anju's plan for Sudha and the baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who speaks up most for Sudha and why?

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

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

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

5. How does Sudha fit into her new life?

6. What request does Ashok make of Sudha?

7. What does Sudha worry about Ramesh?

8. Is it a good idea for Sudha to move to America?

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

10. How does Anju find peace?

(see the answer keys)

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