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

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

3. When does Sudha finally find peace?
(a) When she gets married.
(b) When she is on the plane.
(c) When she is hugging Anju.
(d) When she gives birth.

4. What annoys Anju about Sudha?
(a) She has too much pride.
(b) She has a pessimistic outlook.
(c) She allows herself to be treated badly.
(d) She does not care enough about her new family.

5. What is Sudah worried about for her child?
(a) She will be ridiculed for being a girl.
(b) She will grow up and have a good relationship with her father.
(c) She will grow up fatherless.
(d) She will grow up and resent her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Sudha is pregnant, how does she feel toward her mother-in-law?

2. How does Anju feel when she arrives in America?

3. Where does Anju want to get a job?

4. In Chapter 25, how long has passed since the girls were married?

5. Initially, what do the mothers tell Sudha to do about her mother-in-law?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sudha think that Gouri has not called to tell her about the brain defect?

2. Who speaks up most for Sudha and why?

3. How does Anju feel about her niece?

4. How does Sudha find peace?

5. What dream did Sudha have about Prem?

6. What happens at Shasti's shrine?

7. What worries does Sudha have for her unborn child?

8. Why hasn't Sudha's mother-in-law been telling anybody that Sudha is pregnant?

9. What kind of relationship do Anju and Sunil have?

10. How does Mrs. Sanyal behave toward Sudha now that she is pregnant?

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