Fasting, Feasting Quizzes

Fasting, Feasting Quiz 1

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

The sitting room

The garden

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

individuality

cruelty

oneness
3 What do Mama and Papa plan to send Arun?
A tie

A coat

A pair of boots

A shawl
4 What did Mama sneak away to do?
Play rummy

Go to lunch

Go to church

Play cricket
5 What was Papa's job?
Lawyer

Doctor

Shop owner

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

Angry

Elated

Pleased
7 Uma had to leave school because ___.
school was not usually for girls

she had to take care of Arun

she was getting ready for marriage

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

her mother's idea

Catholic

at Mrs. Joshi's house
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?
Mrs. Joshi

Mother Agnes

Lila Aunty

Mrs. O'Henry
11 When Uma learns she is not going back to school, she ___.
becomes destructive

accepts it meekly

runs away from home

has a fit
12 What bothers Papa the most about Arun?
He does not like cricket.

He is a vegetarian.

He is not good at school.

He is sickly.
13 As a child, Arun is ___.
sickly

meek

quiet

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

Christmas cards

notebooks

earrings
15 Mira-masi is a/an ___.
relative of Mama

close friend of Mama

unmarried woman

young woman
16 Where was Mira-masi journeying?
Wherever she felt like

Pilgrimage sites

Shopping destinations

Places she used to go with her husband
17 Mira-masi's chosen god/goddess was ___.
Rama

Ganesh

Parvati

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

corrupted by sin

destined to be a mother

going to move out of India
19 The best part of Mira-masi's visit was ___.
the stories

the river

the food

the gifts
20 Ramu is Uma's ___.
teacher

cousin

friend

uncle
21 Rama takes Uma ___.
out to dinner

to a show

to the river

to church
22 Uma is all the following except ___.
stubborn

sanguine

dreamy

childish
23 All of the following happen at the ashram except ___.
Uma has a fit

Mira-masi tells Uma she is the Lord's child

Uma spends time alone

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

Papa

Ramu

Mrs. O'Henry
25 Anamika is all the following except ___.
brilliant

beautiful

rebellious

kind

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