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

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

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

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

5. What does Amisha tell Stephen about her ideal mate?
(a) That he is wealthy.
(b) That he believe in her.
(c) That he is English.
(d) That he is handsome.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Amisha tell her class is fighting for Indian independence?

2. Why does Jaya want to bring Misha to America?

3. What does Amisha tell Deepak (whom she thinks is Stephen) about their daughter?

4. How much weight does Amisha lose owing to the illness?

5. What does Deepak bring back for Amisha in Chapter 38?

Short Essay Questions

1. In an Indian wedding, what do the coconut and rice symbolize?

2. Who works at the orphanage where Jaya visits?

3. What happens to Amisha after she dies?

4. What does Amisha tell Stephen about the Indian wedding custom?

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

6. What is the nature of Misha's physical disability?

7. What does Ravi tell Jaya caused Amisha's hallucinations?

8. What does Omi call Lena?

9. Why does Ravi insist that the children stay at his home in Chapter 39?

10. How does Jaya learn of Ravi's death?

(see the answer keys)

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