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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ravi hold at the beginning of the Epilogue?
(a) A restaurant menu.
(b) A brochure for a children's hospital in America.
(c) A letter from Stephen.
(d) His will.

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

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

4. Where do Jaya and Ravi visit on a tour bus?
(a) Bangladesh.
(b) Lucknow.
(c) Madhya Pradesh.
(d) Bombay.

5. What is used in the celebration of Holi?
(a) Color-filled balloons.
(b) Native Indian liquor.
(c) Holy water.
(d) Kites.

6. Who tells Ravi about Lena's pending marriage?
(a) Deepak.
(b) Paresh.
(c) Omi.
(d) Lena.

7. What do the Brahmins say is the reason for Amisha's illness?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Demons.
(c) A bacterial infection.
(d) A virus.

8. What does Amisha tie around Stephen's wrist in Chapter 33?
(a) Deepak's watch.
(b) A red string.
(c) An elastic band.
(d) A gold band.

9. What does Amisah do with her class's stories?
(a) To takes them home to show Deepak.
(b) She burns them.
(c) She puts them in an envelope to send to Neema.
(d) She takes them home to show her children.

10. What is the name for the traditional Hindu dance used in celebrations?
(a) The Waltz.
(b) The Tango.
(c) The Adumu.
(d) Dandiya Raas.

11. What does Amisha tell Ravi about her unborn child in Chapter 40?
(a) That she hopes it is another boy.
(b) That it is not Deepak's.
(c) That she does not want to go through labor again.
(d) That she hopes it is a girl.

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

13. How does Deepak's second wife treat Lena?
(a) She gives Lena up for adoption.
(b) She pushes Lena academically.
(c) She loves her as though Lena were her own child.
(d) She beats her.

14. Who cares for her children while Amisha is seek?
(a) Stephen.
(b) Deepak.
(c) Janna.
(d) Ravi and Bina.

15. Which deity does Jaya choose to worship?
(a) Ganesha.
(b) Krishna.
(c) Shiva.
(d) Durga.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Amisha eat during her pregnancy?

2. Why does Ravi die, according to Jaya?

3. What does Amit want to be when he grows up?

4. What does Ravi tell Jaya was the cause of Amisha's death?

5. What does Amisha tell Deepak (whom she thinks is Stephen) about their daughter?

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