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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Anju feel about her father-in-law?
(a) She hates him.
(b) She finds him fascinating.
(c) She barely knows him.
(d) She finds him to be too docile.

2. Where does Sudha go so that she can talk to Anju privately?
(a) Her bedroom.
(b) Market.
(c) Doctor's office.
(d) Post office.

3. Why does Sudha think that she had a dream about Anju's son?
(a) As a sign that Anju needs comforting.
(b) As a sign that Sudha should get married again.
(c) As a sign that Anju is pregnant again.
(d) As a sign that Gouri is going to die soon.

4. Sudha overhears Sunil avoid correcting somebody when they ask him about which of the following?
(a) If he loves his wife.
(b) If he loves Sudha.
(c) If Sudha is his wife.
(d) If Sudha's child is his.

5. In a dream, what does Sudha hear Anju's son telling her?
(a) To get married again.
(b) To come to America.
(c) To stay in India.
(d) To have another child.

6. How do the mothers react to Ashok's conditions?
(a) They accept them.
(b) They are unaware.
(c) They find them repulsive.
(d) They are disappointed in them.

7. Who takes Sudha to the goddess shrine?
(a) Anju.
(b) Her mother-in-law.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her husband.

8. How does Sudha feel about her marriage?
(a) She is in love.
(b) She is anxious that she is doing things poorly.
(c) She is embarrassed that she married a poor family.
(d) She thinks that she fits in.

9. Pishi tells Sudha the mothers will pay for _____________.
(a) Her medical care.
(b) Her child's well-being.
(c) Her education.
(d) A new home for her and the baby.

10. What does Sudha name her daughter?
(a) Dalita.
(b) Darita.
(c) Damita.
(d) Dayita.

11. What is Anju's plan for Sudha and the baby?
(a) She wants them to move back in with the mothers.
(b) She wants them to move to Europe.
(c) She wants them to come to America.
(d) She wants them to stay with Sudha's husband's family.

12. Who made an appointment for Sudha to be tested?
(a) Sudha.
(b) Ramesh.
(c) Sudha's mother-in-law.
(d) Sudha's mother.

13. What is the name of the goddess Sudha visits?
(a) Shasti.
(b) Sparti.
(c) Shani.
(d) Shentis.

14. Anju thinks that Sunil has kept Sudha away so that ___________.
(a) Anju will meet new friends.
(b) He does not fall in love with her.
(c) Anju will be trapped and alone.
(d) She does not make Anju jealous.

15. Why does Ramesh suggest that he and Sudha do not have marital relations yet?
(a) She is not comfortable with him.
(b) He does not want to have children.
(c) He is not attracted to her.
(d) He is not comfortable with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Sudha think about Anju most?

2. What is Anju supposed to be doing when she accidentally falls asleep?

3. What do the girls learn is hereditary in the family?

4. In Chapter 29 whom does Sudha visit?

5. How does the novel end?

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