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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. Why does Ravi ultimately agree to whip Amisha?
(a) Ravi wants to hasten Amisha's death and spare her suffering.
(b) Ravi wants revenge on Amisha.
(c) Deepak threatens to hire others to do it.
(d) Amisha asks for a beating.

2. What does Amisha tell Deepak (whom she thinks is Stephen) about their daughter?
(a) That she will teach her to speak English.
(b) That she is lucky to be born in a free India.
(c) That she learned to crawl earlier than her brothers.
(d) That she has his smile.

3. Where does Amisha want Lena to live?
(a) On an island.
(b) In America.
(c) In England.
(d) In India.

4. What does Jaya see in front of her home that evening?
(a) A stray dog.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A child begging.
(d) A rickshaw.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Amisha tell Stephen about her ideal mate?

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

3. What does the midwife say about the baby?

4. What do the Brahmins say is the reason for Amisha's illness?

5. What does Deepak announce about Stephen in Chapter 38?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Omi call Lena?

2. How does Ravi learn about Lena's marriage prospects?

3. What happens to Amisha after she dies?

4. For what does Amit pray in the temple in Chapter 43?

5. Why does Deepak dismiss Ravi from his role as a servant in Chapter 51?

6. For what does Jaya pray at the temple in Chapter 43?

7. What ceremony do Ravi and Jaya encountered in Chapter 42?

8. What does Stephen propose to Amisha in Chapter 41?

9. How to Stephen and Amisha communicate after she stops teaching at the school?

10. Why does Jaya want to bring Misha and Amit to America?

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