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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 "1986"- Chapter 15 "1989".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dilip and Antara's neighbor, Mr. Governor, do when he wife visits Bombay?
(a) Throws parties.
(b) Invites strange women over.
(c) Follows his wife to Bombay.
(d) Cries on the balcony.

2. What does Dilip's mother ask Tara when they are planning the wedding details at the end of the second chapter?
(a) If they have any family members who can give Antara away.
(b) If they can exclude Antara's grandparents from the wedding.
(c) If Tara has a date to the wedding.
(d) If Tara would like her to choose her outfit.

3. What does the doctor say "are protein formations that usually appear in the brain of Alzheimer's patients" (7)?
(a) Neurological protein inhibitors.
(b) Alzheimer's plaque.
(c) Amyloid plaque.
(d) Neurofibrillary proteins.

4. What is Tara wearing when Antara returns after getting Tara's things from her apartment in Chapter 14?
(a) Antara's dress.
(b) A nighty.
(c) Antara's bathrobe.
(d) Dilip's pajamas.

5. What does Dilip's mother think about Antara's father?
(a) He moved away.
(b) He left when Antara was a baby and Tara never told her who he is.
(c) He died.
(d) Tara does not know who Antara's father is.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was given to Tara on her wedding day so that she would not be a burden to her husband at first?

2. How does Antara describe the guru in Chapter 9?

3. Who does Antara meet at the Club on Boxing Day in Chapter 11?

4. What happens to Kali Mata's mother-in-law, Grandma June, at the age of 59?

5. What is the name of the man Kali Mata meets who takes her to India?

(see the answer key)

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