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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. Where does Antara's father live?
(a) Bombay.
(b) Aundh.
(c) America.
(d) Pune.

2. What does Antara quickly learn she is not to speak of when she and her mother are at her grandparents in "1989"?
(a) Her father's new wife.
(b) Her father.
(c) Baba.
(d) Tara.

3. What tattered articles of clothing does Antara notice hanging on her mother's balcony in Chapter 7?
(a) Stockings.
(b) Panties.
(c) Bras.
(d) Saris.

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

5. What did Tara's mother-in-law begin to eat every day after her husband's unexpected death?
(a) Turmeric.
(b) Pickeled Ginger.
(c) Pickled Garlic.
(d) Fennel.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first chapter, what does Antara wish was legal in India like it is in the Netherlands?

2. How did Tara begin dressing as a teen, which her grandmother said was old-fashioned compared to her peers?

3. Why is Antara often wary of her mother's affection as a child in the ashram?

4. What is one way Dilip tries to solve the problem Antara has with her father?

5. What is different about the clothing of the woman who offers to help Antara at the ashram in Chapter 9?

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