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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 6 - 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disappoints Papa about Arun as Arun gets older?
(a) Arun will not eat meat.
(b) Arun believes females are the equal of males.
(c) Arun is interested in law.
(d) Arun does not view his father as infallible.

2. What two countries are the settings for “Fasting, Feasting”?
(a) India and the United States.
(b) The United States and Malaysia.
(c) The Unites States and Napal.
(d) The United States and China.

3. When does Uma almost drown?
(a) When participating in a ritualistic dip in the Ganges.
(b) When she is ill and goes unconscious in the bathtub.
(c) When she and some friends swim at the public pool.
(d) When Arun accidentally pushes her in the pond at the park.

4. Where does Uma go to dinner with a relative?
(a) The Prasidor.
(b) At a bachelor's home.
(c) The Ritz.
(d) Carlton Hotel.

5. What does the prospective groom's family do for a living?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Undertaker.
(d) Cloth merchants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Papa do professionally?

2. When does Mira-Masi occasionally appear at Uma's home?

3. Why does Anamika suffer a miscarriage?

4. Why does Uma's world suddenly brighten one day in Chapter 5?

5. What does Uma drink when out to dinner?

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