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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 "1981", Chapter 7 and Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Dilip's aunt who said plucked the hairs from her head when her father did not want her to become a Jain nun?
(a) Kamala.
(b) Kasha.
(c) Kali.
(d) Kashti.

2. What does Tara tell Dilip at the beginning of Chapter 3 when he asks how she is doing?
(a) She asks why he is asking.
(b) She asks who he is.
(c) She says she considered suicide at first, but feels fine now.
(d) She asks where she is.

3. What does Antara to do try to help her mother remember things in the first chapter?
(a) She leaves little notes around the house.
(b) She has Tara's mother tell her stories of her childhood.
(c) She sits with her and tells her old stories.
(d) She pours over photo albums.

4. What does Dilip say when Antara expresses her anger at her mother calling her a liar?
(a) He asks if her mother is right.
(b) He says Antara makes her art about how people cannot be trusted.
(c) He says her mother no longer knows what she is talking about.
(d) He says to just ignore it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tara doing at Dilip and Antara's apartment at the start of the third chapter?

2. What does the doctor say "are protein formations that usually appear in the brain of Alzheimer's patients" (7)?

3. Where did Antara begin to collect things as a child?

4. Why did Antara's father's family move so often when he was young?

5. What is Tara's maid's name?

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