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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. Who is Mali?
(a) Uma's family's domestic help
(b) Mira-Masi's sister.
(c) Mira-Masi's attendant.
(d) Uma's friend who lives down the street

2. What does Arun like about staying at the Patton home?
(a) Interaction with the family.
(b) Mrs. Patton's mothering of him.
(c) Privacy.
(d) The huge library within walking distance.

3. What does Mama ascribe to Mrs. O'Henry's kindness?
(a) Snobbishnes.
(b) Pity on Mrs. O'Henry's part.
(c) That Mrs. O'Henry is condescending of Uma.
(d) An ulterior motive.

4. How does Uma's family get news of Anamika's death?
(a) Her mother-in-law arrives to tell them.
(b) Her husband arrives to tell them.
(c) A telegram.
(d) The police come and tell them.

5. What does Arun begin to do in order to be more like Americans?
(a) Watch telelvision.
(b) Jog.
(c) Play video games.
(d) Play basketball.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Mama and Papa's response to Dr. Dutt's inquiry?

2. What word does Uma say defines her brother's childhood?

3. What was difficult for Arun during his first year at school?

4. Of what is Rod aware concerning Melanie?

5. What does Arun see Melanie eating in the kitchen in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the cashier at the grocery store upset Mrs. Patton and what does she ask Arun concerning the situation?

2. What does Uma say about Mira-Masi?

3. What does Anamika's husband say about her death, and how do the neighbors contradict him?

4. What does Melanie say in Chapter 25 about her mother's sunbathing?

5. What does Arun think upon walking to the Patton house for the first time?

6. What were Mama's and Papa's jobs concerning their children?

7. How does Arun feel when he finds Mrs. Patton sunbathing one day?

8. What is Rod Patton like?

9. How do Mama and Papa respond to Uma's outburst in Chapter 12?

10. What does Mrs. Patton say upon hearing that Arun is a vegetarian?

(see the answer keys)

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