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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who cares for her children while Amisha is seek?
(a) Stephen.
(b) Ravi and Bina.
(c) Janna.
(d) Deepak.

2. What does Amisha tell Patrick at the end of Chapter 52?
(a) That she does not want children.
(b) That she wishes to remain in India.
(c) That she wants to become a lawyer.
(d) That she would like to adopt a child.

3. Who is Deepak's sister?
(a) Janna.
(b) Janini.
(c) Harini.
(d) Chara.

4. For how long does Jaya report staying in bed after her first miscarriage?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) A month.

5. Who attends Neema's wedding?
(a) Neema's classmates.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Amisha.
(d) Deepak.

6. What does Jaya's mother tell her about meditation?
(a) To find peace, she has to cede control of life.
(b) It will help Jaya to have a child.
(c) It is helpful in times of financial difficulty.
(d) It is best accomplished through yoga.

7. How much weight does Amisha lose owing to the illness?
(a) 17 pounds.
(b) 30 pounds.
(c) 10 pounds.
(d) 5 pounds.

8. How does Jaya react to her grandmother's death?
(a) She thinks Ravi is making up the story.
(b) She wishes she could have died for her grandmother.
(c) She cannot believe her grandmother lived so long.
(d) She cries.

9. What does Amisah do with her class's stories?
(a) She burns them.
(b) She takes them home to show her children.
(c) She puts them in an envelope to send to Neema.
(d) To takes them home to show Deepak.

10. What does Amisha tie around Stephen's wrist in Chapter 33?
(a) Deepak's watch.
(b) A gold band.
(c) A red string.
(d) An elastic band.

11. What does Deepak give to Amisha in Chapter 47?
(a) A new sari.
(b) The keys to the school.
(c) Flowers.
(d) A new puppy.

12. How does Amisha become ill?
(a) She got food poisoning.
(b) She is bitten by a mosquito.
(c) She is pregnant again.
(d) Deepak poisoned her.

13. Who does Amisha tell her class is fighting for Indian independence?
(a) Vikram.
(b) Mahatma Gandhi.
(c) Stephen.
(d) Her husband, Deepak.

14. Who brings Ravi to the hospital?
(a) Deepak.
(b) Vikram.
(c) Stephen.
(d) Janna.

15. What does Amisha tell Stephen concerning her pregnancy in Chapter 41?
(a) That the child is his.
(b) That the child is Deepak's.
(c) That she wants to wants to have the baby in England.
(d) That she wishes she were not pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Ravi at the close of the novel?

2. What does Deepak bring back for Amisha in Chapter 38?

3. To whom is Neema betrothed?

4. What does Ravi bring to the temple of Shiva in Chapter 32?

5. Who arrives unexpectedly in Chapter 50?

(see the answer keys)

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