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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. Where does Neema say that stories come form?
(a) The Rigveda.
(b) Television programs.
(c) The newspaper.
(d) In our dreams.

2. What does Amisha pray for at the temple in Chapter 14?
(a) To be taller.
(b) To be more attentive to her duties.
(c) To have a baby girl.
(d) To be a better writer.

3. What is the name of the man Jaya finds in her mother's childhood home?
(a) Deepak.
(b) Paresh.
(c) Ravi.
(d) George.

4. What is Navaratri?
(a) The Indian term for a full moon.
(b) An Indian holiday.
(c) Amisha's birth month.
(d) A honeymoon.

5. What is the profession of Jaya's father?
(a) A tour guide.
(b) A farmer.
(c) A journalist.
(d) A doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a Dalit?

2. What does Chara say about daughters?

3. Who attended Deepak's funeral?

4. What is the Indian word for "grandfather"?

5. Why does Ravi refuse to eat with Jaya?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Neema's father tell Amisha about her class?

2. How does Amisha tell Stephen that Indians celebrate Navaratri?

3. What does a restaurant owner reveal to Jaya about Ravi in Chapter 23?

4. Why did Jaya's mother take her bike away when Jaya was a child?

5. What does Jaya see in the road when she takes a taxi to her grandfather's village?

6. What is the reason for Lord Ganesha's elephant head?

7. What does Stephen propose to Amisha when he comes to her home for the first time?

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

9. Where does Amisha suggest that Stephen take his mother?

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

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