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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 14 - 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Mama and Papa not approve of what has happened at the opening to Chapter 5?
(a) They don't want to lose Uma's free labor.
(b) They do not approve of Uma's fiancé.
(c) They think Uma should not be talking to strange men.
(d) Ramu arrives without any prior warning.

2. What particularly strikes Arun as he is walking to the Patton home?
(a) The irony of going to live with Americans, which he used to want to do but no longer does.
(b) The tidy homes amidst verdant landscape.
(c) That Mrs. Patton is allowing an unmarried male to stay in the same home with her daughters.
(d) That the Pattons do not even know he is from India.

3. What stands in stark contrast to Uma's wedding plans?
(a) Uma's Christmas cards.
(b) Arun's wedding plans.
(c) Aruna's wedding plans.
(d) Uma's coin collections.

4. What appealed to Arun about the idea of a room in a boarding house?
(a) Being completely on his own.
(b) Privacy.
(c) Saving money.
(d) Becoming invisable.

5. Who wants to take Uma to an ashram?
(a) Ramu.
(b) Aruna.
(c) She wants to take herself there.
(d) Mir-Masi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does not come to the table for dinner at the Patton house?

2. What does Uma say the atmosphere at the Ashram is like?

3. When does Uma collapse into one of her fits in Chapter 9?

4. What does Uma fear as she dials a phone number in Chapter 9?

5. Why is Arun moving to the Patton home?

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