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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Jaya's grandmother?
(a) Amisha.
(b) Ihman.
(c) Sulekha
(d) Abhaya.

2. What does the letter received by Jaya's mother read?
(a) Her mother's father is dying in India.
(b) Jaya's mother's sister is dying.
(c) Jaya receives a love letter from India.
(d) She is invited to her bother's wedding in India.

3. Where does Jaya plan to travel in Chapter 4?
(a) India.
(b) England.
(c) China.
(d) Japan.

4. What does Sujata think of the British?
(a) They are the scourge of the earth.
(b) They are a generous culture.
(c) They are vain.
(d) They are exceptionally good-looking.

5. What does Jaya's mother tell her when she calls home in Chapter 27?
(a) That she hates the British people.
(b) That Patrick has called.
(c) That it is snowing New York.
(d) That Jaya will get fired from work.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom does Amisha tell Stephen that she prays?

3. What is "halva"

4. What is the name of Jaya's mother?

5. For what does Amisha silently wish before Vishnu in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the contents of Amisha's Christmas gift to Stephen?

2. When does Amisha meet Deepak?

3. What does Jaya buy for her parents at the market in Chapter 27?

4. How did Jaya upset her mother when Jaya was 12 years old?

5. What is the significance of the "bindi" in Indian culture?

6. Why must Jaya and Patrick wait another year to have a child?

7. Why did Chara become kinder to Amisha before dying?

8. What does Ravi get for Amisha on her first day of school?

9. What does Ravi tell Jaya about the ownership of the school and the mill?

10. How does Jaya know where to go when she arrives in India?

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