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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 43-48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the British officer tell Amisha?
(a) That the school is full.
(b) That the King and Queen support anyone who wants to learn.
(c) That as a grown woman, she has no place in the classroom.
(d) That if she wants to teach at the school, she has to undergo a formal interviewing process.

2. Why did the teacher hit Jay's hand?
(a) He insulted the teacher's accent.
(b) He called the teacher ugly.
(c) He told the teacher the story his mother told him.
(d) He called the teacher fat.

3. Who attends Neema's wedding?
(a) Amisha.
(b) Deepak.
(c) Stephen.
(d) Neema's classmates.

4. What does Patrick tell Jaya concerning her miscarriage?
(a) He wants to adopt a child.
(b) He wants to keep trying within the next year.
(c) He no longer wants children.
(d) He says that when it is mean to happen, it will.

5. What is the Indian word for "grandfather"?
(a) Dee.
(b) Dada.
(c) Gampy.
(d) Babushka.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Amisha think that not fitting in at school is her fault?

2. What word does Stephen have Amisha pronounce during a lesson?

3. What does Sujata think of the British?

4. What is Amisha's mother-in-law's name?

5. What is the profession of Jaya's father?

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