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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Amisha tell Ravi in the Epilogue?
(a) That she wants to come back to life.
(b) That she misses Deepak.
(c) That she is not dead.
(d) That she is happy.

2. Why does Omi deny Lena's desired marriage?
(a) Omi wants the man for herself.
(b) Omi does not trust the man's family.
(c) The dowry is too high.
(d) Omi does not want Lena to go to America.

3. What does Amisha eat during her pregnancy?
(a) Carrot soup.
(b) White rice.
(c) Cereal.
(d) Biscuits and ginger tea.

4. What does Jaya offer Ravi in Chapter 54?
(a) A home-cooked meal.
(b) A new pet.
(c) Her grandmother's home.
(d) An American car.

5. Whom does Ravi see at the foot of his bed in the Epilogue?
(a) Stephen.
(b) Omi.
(c) Amisha.
(d) Deepak.

6. What does Amisha try to give to Stephen in Chapter 41?
(a) A watch.
(b) A traditional Indian meal.
(c) Her stories.
(d) Money.

7. Why does Amisha begin to feel ill in Chapter 40?
(a) She has malaria.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She got food poisoning.
(d) She has an infection.

8. What does Ravi tell Jaya was the cause of Amisha's death?
(a) The bird flu.
(b) Encephalitis.
(c) Cancer.
(d) The bubonic plague.

9. Why does Deepak forbid Amisha from teaching at the school?
(a) He reads Neema's story.
(b) He thinks she is neglecting her duties as a mother.
(c) He resents the British.
(d) He knows about her attraction to Stephen.

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

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

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

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

14. What is the name of Deepak's second wife?
(a) Janna.
(b) Claire.
(c) Omi.
(d) Sajeda.

15. What sort of art does Ravi's daughter-in-law make?
(a) Necklaces.
(b) Watercolors.
(c) Pottery.
(d) Oil paintings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Ravi's body is injured in Chapter 34?

2. What does Jaya's mother tell her about meditation?

3. To whom is Neema betrothed?

4. Whom does Jaya call in Chapter 43?

5. What does the Brahmin in the temple wear?

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