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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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) Kali.
(b) Kasha.
(c) Kashti.
(d) Kamala.

2. What part of their apartment makes Tara uncomfortable, but was a selling point for Dilip?
(a) The loud doorbell.
(b) The small kitchen.
(c) The many mirrors.
(d) The large size.

3. Where did Antara begin to collect things as a child?
(a) The backyard.
(b) School.
(c) Her grandmother's house.
(d) Her mother's room.

4. Which god did Antara have to marry and divorce before marrying Dilip so the god could absorb Antara's bad energy in the second chapter?
(a) Ganesha.
(b) Brahma.
(c) Shiva.
(d) Vishnu.

5. Where is Dilip from originally?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Canada.
(c) America.
(d) England.

6. How did Antara's father bribe classmates in order to make friends?
(a) He would do their homework for the.
(b) He would pay them.
(c) He would get them liquor.
(d) He would buy them candy.

7. What does Nani say she remembers when Antara tells her that the moon has not been this close to the earth since 1948, the year she was born?
(a) She remembers seeing the moon.
(b) She remembers that year.
(c) She had her daughter on a full moon.
(d) She has seen the moon closer since them.

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

9. In the first chapter, what does Antara wish was legal in India like it is in the Netherlands?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Prostitution.
(d) Assisted suicide.

10. Who does Antara meet at the Club on Boxing Day in Chapter 11?
(a) Tara.
(b) Purvi.
(c) Nani.
(d) Dilip.

11. What does Tara's mother-in-law decide she would do when she learned Tara was pregnant?
(a) Have Tara's baby sleep with her.
(b) Move to America with them.
(c) Build a nursery in the house.
(d) Make Tara and her son get their own place.

12. What other family member does Antara's Nani say was forgetful?
(a) Her great-grandmother.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her grandfather.

13. Who does Antara share a room with during her time at the ashram?
(a) Sita.
(b) Baba.
(c) Kali Mata.
(d) Tara.

14. What does Baba, the name they call the guru at the ashram, mean?
(a) Father.
(b) Holy one.
(c) God-like.
(d) King.

15. What does Tara do to Antara when Antara reaches for her after her mother and the guru exchanged a smile?
(a) She pulls Antara close to her.
(b) She pushes Antara away.
(c) She does not look at Antara.
(d) She falls to her knees and cries.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Antara and Dilip meet?

3. How long before their wedding did Dilip's mother arrive in India?

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

5. In Chapter 10, who does Antara say she always consider ageless until they died unexpectedly at home?

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