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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Chapter Eighteen - Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do saffron flowers represent?
(a) Strength.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Sterility.
(d) Virility.

2. Why does Lakshmi imagine the letters from Kumar are from Radha?
(a) She imagines Radha sitting next to him as he wrote the letters.
(b) Kumar speaks of Radha so much in the letters.
(c) Radha wrote them, while Kumar dictated.
(d) Kumar wrote them, while Radah dictated.

3. What is the purpose of the rituals of the move-in ceremony?
(a) Show off for the neighbors.
(b) Protect the neighborhood from the new home and its residents.
(c) Feed the gods and ask them to watch over the house and protect them from evil intentions.
(d) Demonstrate to others how religious you are.

4. Who does Maharani Indira hope is having a baby in Part Three?
(a) Latika.
(b) Kanta.
(c) Lakshmi.
(d) Parvati.

5. Parvati’s husband owns what type of firm?
(a) Business.
(b) Law.
(c) Architectural.
(d) Governmental.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can readers assume is a tonga-walla?

2. How does the moment in Part Three with Mrs. Sharma feel?

3. What happens to Radha during the dance lesson?

4. Who feels she or he is fully responsible for Radha’s pregnancy?

5. According to Samir, who has the Singh family had trouble with in the past, regarding Ravi?

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