View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the girls sleep at Antara's boarding school in "1989"?
(a) The backyard.
(b) The gym.
(c) Apartments.
(d) The cafeteria.

2. Why does Antara ask Purvi for her jeweler's number in Chapter 22?
(a) Because she is considering getting her jewelry appraised.
(b) She wants to buy herself a ring.
(c) She wants to buy a watch for Dilip.
(d) She wants to buy a necklace for Tara.

3. What does Antara begin feeding her mother more of because she read it makes for a clean brain?
(a) Sugars.
(b) Vegetables.
(c) Fish.
(d) Fats.

4. What do Reza and Tara convince Antara to do at the beach in Goa?
(a) Leave them there and move in with her father.
(b) Steal from the nearby shack.
(c) Kiss Reza.
(d) Swim naked.

5. Who calls Antara to express concern over the suggestion that Tara might live with her and Dilip?
(a) Nani.
(b) Dilip's sister.
(c) Dilip's mother.
(d) Purvi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Reza and Antara go after the gallery opening in "2003"?

2. What does Sister Maria Theresa do to Antara after calling her "a vandal" (129) in "1989"?

3. Why do the followers at the ashram get Antara's mother at the start of "1986"?

4. How long does Reza live with Antara and Tara before disappearing without a word?

5. What does Antara tell their maid Vandana she wants her to do in the chapter "1989"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tara ultimately decide to leave the ashram in "1989"?

2. In Chapter 18, what occurrences make Tara believe someone else may be living in her apartment?

3. How is Purvi's husband described in Chapter 16?

4. What does Antara do instead of attending art school in "2002"?

5. How does Antara respond to Dilip when he says she was rude to their maid and that Americans would not speak to a maid like that?

6. What does Reza say to Antara in Chapter 21 the same evening she had gone skinny dipping with him and her mother?

7. How does the way Tara compares her body to Antara's in "1996" make Antara feel?

8. Where is Antara when she first sees Reza in "2003"?

9. What news does Antara's father call to share with her upon returning to India in "1995"?

10. Briefly describe Reza Pine's backstory.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 629 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample