1. IN THE SCENE WHERE DARSHINI, THE FIRST DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, IS UPSET WITH HER LIFE IN DADI'S HOUSEHOLD, WHAT WERE DADI'S REACTIONS TO DARSHINI'S TIRADE?

DADI WAS FURIOUS WITH DARSHINI FOR DARING TO CHALLENGE OR CRITICIZE HER (DADI'S) AUTHORITY AND DECISIONS
DADI WAS IRRITATED AT THE PETTY WHINING THAT WAS PREVENTING DARSHINI FROM DOING HER WORK
DADI WAS CONCILIATORY AND SYMPATHETIC, TRYING TO ASSURE DARSHINI OF HER SUPPORT
DADI SIMPLY IGNORED DARSHINI, KNOWING THAT SHE'D CALM DOWN AFTER SHE HAD HAD A CHANCE TO BLOW OFF STEAM
DADI CALLED IN DARSHINI'S HUSBAND TO DEAL WITH HER TANTRUM HOWEVER HE SAW FIT

2. WHY WERE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF DADI'S FAMILY CONCERNED OR WORRIED ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE YOUGEST SON, RAJINDAR'S MARRIAGE TO KANTA?

THEY WERE WORRIED THAT RAJINDAR, WITH HIS FANCY COLLEGE EDUCATION, WOULD TRY TO TAKE OVER THE RUNNING OF THE FAMILY'S FARM
THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT HIS UNTRADITIONAL MARRIAGE WOULD BE OFFENSIVE TO THE GODS WHO WOULD CAUSE DISASTERS TO FALL UPON THE WHOLE FAMILY
THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT RAJINDAR AND KANTA, LIVING IN THE CITY, WOULD SOONER OR LATER WANT TO CUT THEIR ECONOMIC TIES WITH THE FAMILY
THEY WERE WORRIED THAT THE HIGH EXPENSES OF CITY LIVING WOULD FORCE RAJINDAR TO KEEP BORROWING MONEY FROM THE JOINT FAMILY AND UNDERMINE THE FAMILY'S SECURITY
ALL OF THE ABOVE WERE EQUALLY OF CONCERN TO MOST MEMBERS OF DADI'S FAMILY

3. HOW DID THE WOMEN IN DADI'S HOUSEHOLD (DADI, HER DAUGHTERS, AND HER DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW) REACT TO THE COMING OF A NEW BRIDE, KANTA, INTO THE FAMILY?

THEY WERE ALL SOMEWHAT IN AWE OF KANTA BECAUSE OF HER EDUCATION AND HER JOB IN THE CITY
THEY WERE ALL PRIMARILY GLAD THAT THERE WOULD SOON BE ONE MORE PERSON IN THE HOUSEHOLD TO HELP WITH THE WORK
THEY SEEMED SOMEWHAT NEGATIVE TOWARDS KANTA BECAUSE AS A CITY GIRL SHE WOULDN'T KNOW HOW, OR BE WILLING TO DO, THE KIND OF WORK EXPECTED OF THEMSELVES
THEY SEEMED INDIFFERENT TO KANTA'S COMING BECAUSE THEY WERE BUSY WITH THEIR OWN LIVES; BESIDES, NEW BRIDES HAVE SUCH LOW STATUS THAT NO ONE PAYS MUCH ATTENTION TO THEM
THEY WERE ACTIVELY HOSTILE TOWARDS KANTA BECAUSE THEY KNEW SHE MUST HAVE USED WITCHCRAFT TO ENSNARE HER HUSBAND AGAINST THE FAMILY'S WISHES

4. IN THE FILM ON THE FAMILY IN INDIA, WHICH (OF HER MANY ROLES) IS DADI'S MOST IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE FAMILY?

HER ROLE AS MOTHER
HER ROLE AS WIFE
HER ROLE AS MOTHER-IN-LAW
HER ROLE AS GRANDMOTHER
HER ROLE AS SISTER

5. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS MOST ACCURATELY DESCRIBES THE WORK PATTERNS OF THE WOMEN IN DADI'S FAMILY?

THE DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW DO ALL THE COOKING AND HOUSEWORK, WHILE DADI, FREED FROM THESE CHORES BECAUSE OF HER AGE, MINDS THE CHILDREN
ALL THE ADULT WOMEN DO THEIR SHARE OF COOKING AND HOUSEWORK AND THE YOUNGER WOMEN ALSO DO MUCH WORK IN THE FIELDS
EACH WOMAN IS PRIMARILY INVOLVED IN TAKING CARE OF AND EDUCATING HER OWN CHILDREN; THEY HIRE LOWER CASTE WOMEN AS MAIDS TO DO THE HOUSEWORK AND COOKING
THE WOMEN ARE ALL NEEDED TO HELP THE MEN WORK IN THE FIELDS SO THEY MUST HIRE LOWER CASTE WOMEN TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN AND DO THE HOUSEHOLD TASKS
TO MAXIMIZE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE HOUSEHOLD, EACH WOMAN SPECIALIZES IN ONE KIND OF WORK: ONE DOES ALL THE COOKING, ANOTHER DOES ALL THE WEAVING AND SEWING, ETC.

6. WHY DID SITA'S HUSBAND (DADI'S SECOND SON) WANT FOR HER TO HAVE A DAUGHTER AND NOT STOP AT TWO SONS?

HE THOUGHT SHE WOULD BE MORE UNDERSTANDING OF HER SONS' BRIDES IF SHE HAD TO SEND A DAUGHTER OF HER OWN AWAY AS A BRIDE
HE LOVED SITA AND WANTED TO HAVE A LITTLE GIRL JUST LIKE HER TO COMPLETE THE FAMILY
DAUGHTERS ARE IMPORTANT ECONOMIC ASSETS BECAUSE OF THE LARGE BRIDE PRICE THAT IS PAID TO THEIR FATHERS AT THE TIME OF THEIR MARRIAGE
DAUGHTERS ARE VALUED FOR THE WORK THEY DO, IN THE HOUSE AND IN THE FIELDS, ESSENTIALLY AS A FORM OF FREE LABOR
BECAUSE SITA REALLY WANTED TO HAVE ONLY TWO CHILDREN; HIS INSISTENCE ON A THIRD WAS HIS WAY OF DEMONSTRATING HIS RIGHTFUL AUTHORITY IN THE MARRIAGE

7. ACCORDING TO SEVERAL WOMEN (AND A FEW OF THE MEN) IN THE FILM, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CHANGES IN WOMEN'S BEHAVIOR HAVE OCCURRED SINCE DADI WAS A YOUNG BRIDE?

WIVES NOW TALK WITH AND TO THEIR HUSBANDS, EVEN TO THE POINT OF CRITICIZING THEM OR ASKING THEM TO DO THINGS
DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW ARE LESS AFRAID OF, AND LESS SUBMISSIVE TO, THEIR MOTHERS-IN-LAW
WOMEN ARE WANTING, AND HAVING, FEWER CHILDREN
WIVES NOW EAT WITH THEIR HUSBANDS AND DON'T COVER THEIR FACES IN THEIR HUSBAND'S PRESENCE
ALL OF THE ABOVE ARE CHANGES FROM THE TRADITIONAL WIFELY BEHAVIORS OF 40 YEARS AGO

8. IN THE WEDDING OF DADI'S YOUNGEST SON, RAJINDAR, TO KANTA, WHICH WAS THE MOST UNTRADITIONAL ASPECT OF THE MARRIAGE?

THE FACT THAT KANTA BELONGED TO A DIFFERENT, AND LOWER, CASTE THAN RAJINDAR
THE FACT THAT KANTA AND HER PARENTS WERE NOT FROM THE SAME VILLAGE AS RAJINDAR
THE FACT THAT THE WEDDING TOOK PLACE AT THE BRIDE'S HOUSE RATHER THAN AT RAJINDAR'S HOME
THE FACT THAT RAJINDAR HAD CHOSEN HIS OWN BRIDE
THE FACT THAT RAJINDAR WAS GETTING MARRIED BEFORE HIS TWO OLDER BROTHERS HAD FOUND WIVES

9. WHAT DID DARSHINI (DADI'S FIRST DAUGHTER-IN-LAW) SEE AS THE ADVANTAGE OF PARTICIPATION IN THIS JOINT FAMILY?

SHE THOUGHT OF HOW MUCH MORE WORK SHE WOULD HAVE TO DO IF SHE AND HER HUSBAND SET UP AN INDEPENDENT HOUSEHOLD
SHE EXPRESSED RELIEF THAT THE BURDEN OF DECISION- MAKING WAS NOT IN HER OWN OR HER HUSBAND'S HANDS
SHE KNEW THAT THE JOINT FAMILY WOULD PROVIDE WELL FOR HER CHILDREN AND WOULD PAY FOR THEIR EDUCATION AND THEIR MARRIAGES
ALL OF THE ABOVE WERE PERCEIVED BY DARSHINI AS POSITIVE ASPECTS OF MEMBERSHIP IN A JOINT FAMILY
NONE OF THE ABOVE REFLECT DARSHINI'S VIEWS-SHE CONSTANTLY EXPRESSED ONLY RESENTMENT AND FRUSTRATION AT BEING FORCED TO WORK FOR HER HUSBAND'S FAMILY, FOR NOTHING IN RETURN

10. IN TRADITIONAL INDIAN MARRIAGES, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING RULES IS USUALLY FOLLOWED IN DECIDING WHERE A NEWLY MARRIED COUPLE WILL LIVE?

THE BRIDE USUALLY MOVES IN WITH HER HUSBAND'S FAMILY OR KIN GROUP, IN HER HUSBAND'S VILLAGE
THE GROOM USUALLY MOVES TO HIS BRIDE'S VILLAGE AND MOVES IN WITH HER KIN GROUP
THE BRIDE AND GROOM SET UP A NEW HOUSEHOLD OF THEIR OWN, INDEPENDENT OF EITHER FAMILY
THE COUPLE LIVES FOR THE FIRST FEW YEARS WITH THE BRIDE'S FAMILY AND THEN MOVES BACK TO THE GROOM'S FAMILY AFTER THE FIRST SON IS BORN
THE COUPLE MOVES IN WITH THE GROOM'S FAMILY UNTIL THE FIRST CHILD IS BORN AND THEN THEY SET UP A HOUSEHOLD OF THEIR OWN