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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Antara begin feeding Tara after her confession to her in Chapter 26?
(a) Pills.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Fats.
(d) Vitamins.

2. What medium does Antara's college advisor suggest she work in?
(a) Mixed Media.
(b) Charcoal.
(c) Photography.
(d) Painting.

3. What happens to Antara as a result of her constant bathing after she becomes pregnant in Chapter 22?
(a) She develops yeast infections.
(b) Her hair falls out.
(c) She develops eczema.
(d) She gets a rash from her soap.

4. Where does Tara have the trucker take them when she and Antara leave the ashram?
(a) Bombay.
(b) Pune Club.
(c) Delhi.
(d) Her mother's house.

5. What significant event occurred in Chapter 18 which caused Tara grief?
(a) Tara's ex-husband died.
(b) Baba died.
(c) Tara's father died.
(d) Tara's mother died.

6. In Chapter 13, Antara says that Dilip once reprimanded her for being rude to whom?
(a) His mother.
(b) Their maid.
(c) The cook.
(d) A server.

7. Who does Tara move in with at the start of Chapter 22?
(a) Dilip and Antara.
(b) Nani.
(c) Her ex-husband's family.
(d) Reza.

8. Who does Antara wish was there to help her with the baby and Tara at the end of Chapter 27?
(a) Dilip's mother.
(b) Nani.
(c) Her father.
(d) Kali Mata.

9. Where do Reza and Antara go after the gallery opening in "2003"?
(a) A nightclub.
(b) A bar.
(c) His apartment.
(d) Her apartment.

10. What do Dilip and Antara find Tara had done when she was in Antara's studio in Chapter 14?
(a) She lit Antara's clothing on fire.
(b) She reorganized the room.
(c) She lit Antara's things on fire.
(d) She tore up Antara's art work.

11. What is the name of the women who moves in next door to Antara and Dilip after the Governor's move out?
(a) Ellen.
(b) Elaine.
(c) Lynn.
(d) Lana.

12. What does Tara do after giving Antara water in "1986"?
(a) She tells her they are leaving the ashram.
(b) She hits her.
(c) She cradles her and cries.
(d) She tells her she will be okay.

13. How old is Antara when she loses her virginity in "1995"?
(a) 13.
(b) 15.
(c) 21.
(d) 18.

14. What does Tara tell Antara she needs to stop doing at the end of Chapter 18?
(a) Paying her maid.
(b) Living at her apartment.
(c) Making her drawings.
(d) Trying to take are of her.

15. What does Antara get rid of when she goes to her mother's apartment alone to get the items Tara forgot?
(a) The razor blades.
(b) Tara's bras.
(c) Tara's medicine.
(d) The dal in the sink.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the girls sleep at Antara's boarding school in "1989"?

2. What is the name of the boarding school Antara attended in "1989"?

3. What event in Chapter 18 results in Antara deciding to stay at her mother's with her?

4. How long does Antara's father live in the U.S. before returning to India?

5. What do Reza and Tara convince Antara to do at the beach in Goa?

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