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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do both families go when Aruna and her in-laws are visiting?
(a) To the movie theater.
(b) To bathe in the Ganges.
(c) To light incense in the temple.
(d) To watch fireworks.

2. Where have Mama and Papa gone at the opening to this Chapter 9?
(a) To a musical recital.
(b) To play cards.
(c) To dinner with Papa's brother.
(d) To the temple.

3. What does Uma do when they return from the park and her parents sit on the swing?
(a) Paint.
(b) Sew.
(c) Bring her parents lemonade.
(d) Chat with a friend on the phone.

4. About what is Uma's Papa outraged after she is married?
(a) Uma's husband has another wife and children.
(b) Aruna was killed by an insane person who is let out of an asylum.
(c) Uma is not willing to live with her new husband's family.
(d) Uma's husband is asking for more dowry.

5. What do most people say when Mama approaches them about marriage for Uma?
(a) They are looking for someone younger or more beautiful.
(b) They want someone who is more educated.
(c) They want someone with more dowry.
(d) They would take Aruna by not Uma.

Short Answer Questions

1. Around what does Mama build her life?

2. When is the new baby boy born?

3. What happens when Uma is told she has the mark of the Lord?

4. What does the prospective groom's father say that makes Mama want to arrange the marriage with that family?

5. How old is Uma at the opening to Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mama and Papa's moods affect the rest of the household?

2. How does Uma feel about her eligibility for marriage and how is she expected to act?

3. What is the atmosphere like at the Ashram that Mira-Masi and Uma travel to, and how does Uma feel about it?

4. What happens when Aruna comes to visit her family several years after her marriage?

5. How does Aruna feel about Uma's lack of marriage prospects?

6. What happens when Aruna comes of age for marriage?

7. How do Uma and Aruna feel about Anamika's engagement?

8. What do Uma and Ramu do one evening that causes Mama and Papa to be angry?

9. Who does Uma call in Chapter 9, and what is the outcome?

10. What does Mira-Masi tell Uma one day about the mark of the Lord, and how does Uma react?

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