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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 3 - 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Mira-Masi occasionally appear at Uma's home?
(a) When Mira-Masi's husband sends her away for some time.
(b) When Uma's father demands Mira-Masi's presence.
(c) When Mira-Masi is en route to some spiritual adventure or pilgrimage.
(d) When Mira-Masi needs more money from Papa.

2. What does Uma spend her life doing?
(a) Plotting revenge.
(b) Working at a floor loom.
(c) Searching for the perfect husband.
(d) Being subservient to her parents' demands.

3. Why does Uma seldom have privacy anymore by Chapter 4?
(a) Her mother has two more children.
(b) Her brother bothers her constantly to play with him.
(c) Her parents seldom leave the house.
(d) Her sister is still at home and unmarried and looks to Uma for companionship.

4. How does Uma get home from her trip she sneaks off to make?
(a) The proprietor of the shop she wants a job at takes her.
(b) The school van.
(c) Her best friend's brother.
(d) Her father comes to get her.

5. What is the result of the birth of Arun on Mama's position in the community?
(a) It is more stable.
(b) It is elevated.
(c) It stays the same.
(d) It is more complex.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mama and Papa do on occasional evenings at the club?

2. When is the new baby boy born?

3. What does Papa do every day after work?

4. To what kind of life do Uma and Arun resign themselves?

5. Where is Arun at the opening of the novel?

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