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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Amavasya?
(a) The first day of the summer solstice.
(b) The new moon.
(c) The first day of the new year.
(d) The Indian version of Christmas.

2. What does Deepak notice about Amisha's last child?
(a) She has fair skin.
(b) She looks like himself.
(c) She looks like her mother.
(d) She is underweight.

3. What does Amit want to be when he grows up?
(a) A writer.
(b) A bus driver.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A doctor.

4. What does Amisha tell her class about Neema?
(a) That she has been married.
(b) That Neema has died.
(c) That she was Amisha's favorite student.
(d) That Neema has decided not to attend school any longer.

5. What does Amisha name her last child?
(a) Lena.
(b) Shrimati.
(c) Janini.
(d) Vithika.

6. Where does Jaya visit in Chapter 44?
(a) Ravi's home.
(b) The cemetery here her grandfather was buried.
(c) The orphanage.
(d) The British school.

7. What does Amisha tell Patrick at the end of Chapter 52?
(a) That she wants to become a lawyer.
(b) That she would like to adopt a child.
(c) That she wishes to remain in India.
(d) That she does not want children.

8. Why does Ravi ultimately agree to whip Amisha?
(a) Amisha asks for a beating.
(b) Deepak threatens to hire others to do it.
(c) Ravi wants to hasten Amisha's death and spare her suffering.
(d) Ravi wants revenge on Amisha.

9. What is the name of the tour bus owner that Jaya meets in Chapter 37?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Mona.
(c) Stacey.
(d) Kara.

10. Where was Jaya married?
(a) A Catholic Church.
(b) A beach.
(c) A Hindu temple.
(d) A farm.

11. How does Jaya react to her grandmother's death?
(a) She wishes she could have died for her grandmother.
(b) She thinks Ravi is making up the story.
(c) She cannot believe her grandmother lived so long.
(d) She cries.

12. What does Deepak do to try to heal Amisha in Chapter 49?
(a) He brings home herbal medicine.
(b) He feeds her rice.
(c) He gives her buttermilk.
(d) He beats her.

13. Where does Amisha spend the night after Deepak leaves in Chapter 38?
(a) With Ravi's parents.
(b) With Stephen.
(c) At home alone.
(d) At the school.

14. Where does Ravi take Amisha in Chapter 37?
(a) An orphanage.
(b) A zoo.
(c) A movie theater.
(d) A circus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of art does Ravi's daughter-in-law make?

2. What does the Brahmin in the temple wear?

3. To which deities does Jaya pray in Chapter 43?

4. What assignment does Amisha give her class?

5. What is the cause of the quarrel in Chapter 38?

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