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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jaya's mother tell her about meditation?
(a) It is best accomplished through yoga.
(b) It will help Jaya to have a child.
(c) To find peace, she has to cede control of life.
(d) It is helpful in times of financial difficulty.

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

3. What does the midwife say about the baby?
(a) She looks like Deepak.
(b) She is cursed.
(c) She is dangerously ill/
(d) She looks like her mother.

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

5. What do the priests do to heal Amisha?
(a) Burn incense.
(b) Put lotion on her skin.
(c) Braid her hair.
(d) Make an elixir.

6. 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.

7. How does Amisha take her medicine?
(a) She takes them with whiskey.
(b) She takes them with buttermilk.
(c) She swallows the pills whole.
(d) Ravi crushes it into sherbet.

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

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

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

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

12. To whom is Neema betrothed?
(a) A beggar.
(b) A wealthy man.
(c) A man in England.
(d) An American man.

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

14. What does Stephen tell Amisha about his ideal wife?
(a) That she is wealthy.
(b) That she is English.
(c) That she is Indian.
(d) That she is his friend and confidant.

15. What does the Brahmin in the temple wear?
(a) A white tunic
(b) A brown loincloth.
(c) A red suit.
(d) An orange sari.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is used in the celebration of Holi?

2. Who attends Neema's wedding?

3. What does Ravi bring to Stephen in Chapter 38?

4. What does Deepak notice about Amisha's last child?

5. What does Amisha try to give to Stephen in Chapter 41?

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