Red, White and Whole

What does white, as a color, symbolize in the Indian culture?

• Mourning

• Purity

• Happiness

• Rebirth

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Who is Prema Auntie?

• Sunny's aunt

• Daddy's aunt

• Amma's sister

• Reha's sister

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Where does Amma go to pray?

• The basement of their home.

• The park near Reha's school.

• The temple in a nearby city.

• The chapel at the hospital.

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How does Reha react when she watches the nurse take blood for the bone marrow donor test?

• She cries.

• She does not react at all.

• She faints.

• She yells.

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How does Reha react when Amma is too tired to make a new dress for the dance?

• She is happy because she wanted to wear jeans anyway.

• She is angry because Amma let her down.

• She is upset because she already chose the fabric.

• She is happy because she wants to buy a dress from the mall.

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Why does Pete say he feels divided?

• He is not sure he fits in at school.

• He has not decided what he wants to be when he grows up.

• He spends every other weekend with his dad.

• His parents are from Africa.

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Who picks Reha up from the dance with news that Amma is in the hospital?

• Prema Auntie

• Daddy

• Sunny and her mother

• Pete's mother

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What happens when Reha attempts to cook the first meal for herself and Daddy?

• She burns the mustard seeds.

• She drops a pan of noodles.

• She prepares everything perfectly.

• She breaks a bowl.

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What does Reha wear for her 14th birthday?

• A red dress Amma made

• The dress she bought for the dance.

• Jeans and a t-shirt

• A traditional Indian sari

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How does Reha receive a message from Amma a month after Amma's death?

• Sunny gives Reha a letter she wrote for Amma when she was very sick.

• Daddy gives Reha a card Amma wrote while in the hospital.

• Dr. Andrews mails an aerogramme Amma wrote.

• Prema Auntie mails a journal Amma wrote as a child.

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