Fasting, Feasting Quizzes

Fasting, Feasting Quiz 1

1 Where do Mama and Papa spend most of their time?
The veranda

The sitting room

The bench

The garden
2 Mama and Papa are characterized by their ___.
silliness

individuality

oneness

cruelty
3 What do Mama and Papa plan to send Arun?
A shawl

A tie

A pair of boots

A coat
4 What did Mama sneak away to do?
Go to church

Play cricket

Go to lunch

Play rummy
5 What was Papa's job?
Lawyer

Banker

Shop owner

Doctor
6 How did Papa react when Arun was born?
Indifferent

Elated

Pleased

Angry
7 Uma had to leave school because ___.
she was getting ready for marriage

school was not usually for girls

she had to take care of Arun

all of these
8 The school Uma went to was ___.
Catholic

at Mrs. Joshi's house

Hindu

her mother's idea
9 As a student, Uma was ___.
intractable

not hard-working

not very bright

smart and successful
10 To whom does Uma appeal when she is told she is not going to school anymore?
Lila Aunty

Mrs. Joshi

Mrs. O'Henry

Mother Agnes
11 When Uma learns she is not going back to school, she ___.
becomes destructive

has a fit

runs away from home

accepts it meekly
12 What bothers Papa the most about Arun?
He is a vegetarian.

He is not good at school.

He is sickly.

He does not like cricket.
13 As a child, Arun is ___.
meek

quiet

sickly

all of these
14 Uma has a collection of ___.
notebooks

scarves

earrings

Christmas cards
15 Mira-masi is a/an ___.
unmarried woman

young woman

close friend of Mama

relative of Mama
16 Where was Mira-masi journeying?
Pilgrimage sites

Shopping destinations

Places she used to go with her husband

Wherever she felt like
17 Mira-masi's chosen god/goddess was ___.
Rama

Parvati

Shiva

Ganesh
18 Mira-masi told Uma she was ___.
chosen by the Lord

going to move out of India

corrupted by sin

destined to be a mother
19 The best part of Mira-masi's visit was ___.
the stories

the gifts

the river

the food
20 Ramu is Uma's ___.
teacher

cousin

friend

uncle
21 Rama takes Uma ___.
to the river

to church

to a show

out to dinner
22 Uma is all the following except ___.
dreamy

sanguine

childish

stubborn
23 All of the following happen at the ashram except ___.
Mira-masi tells Uma she is the Lord's child

Uma spends time alone

Uma has a fit

Uma runs away
24 Who is sent to pick up Uma from the ashram?
Bakul Uncle

Ramu

Mrs. O'Henry

Papa
25 Anamika is all the following except ___.
beautiful

brilliant

kind

rebellious

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