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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jivan speak to Purnendu in English in Part II?
(a) So she can make him understand she can be his equal.
(b) So he knows where she was educated.
(c) So the guards will not understand them.
(d) So he knows she understands English.

2. Where was Jivan's house that she lived in with her parents?
(a) Right behind the shop she worked in.
(b) Right behind the garbage dump.
(c) Near the river.
(d) Near the beach.

3. What is one reason the authorities think Jivan is connected to the terrorist attack?
(a) She called in a bomb plot to the police.
(b) She was having conversations with the terrorist recruiter on Facebook.
(c) She threw a torch into the train.
(d) She wrote a manifesto and posted it online.

4. Who is Gobind having trouble finding for Jivan in Part II?
(a) Lovely.
(b) PT Sir.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

5. What does PT Sir's wife tell him to take to his appointment with Bimala Pal?
(a) A pizza.
(b) A package of biscuits.
(c) A cake.
(d) A box of nice sweets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem does Jivan help her family solve in their house in Part II?

2. Who does Gobind visit regularly?

3. What is the women's favorite drama to watch on television in the prison?

4. On which social media platform does Jivan post her messages about the terrorist attack?

5. How much does the doctor at the government hospital charge Jivan and her father?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does PT Sir's wife suggest Bimala Pal came to his school one day?

2. Where is one place Lovely thinks of herself as preparing for her acting class?

3. What is the first thing that the reporter Purnendu asks Jivan in Part II?

4. In Part I, when is the first time PT Sir feels important because of his affiliation with Bimala Pal's political party?

5. Who does Jivan ask her lawyer Gobind to try to find to testify in her favor, and why?

6. What kinds of "bombs" did Jivan tell the reporter she and her family threw at the police?

7. In Part II, what does one of the policeman fired for excessive violence during a slum demolition do as his new gig?

8. Who does Azad think was speaking to Lovely about his relationship with her in Part I, and why does this upset him?

9. Why does Americandi agree to help Jivan set up an interview with a reporter?

10. What does Jivan write on Facebook in Part I that leads to her arrest?

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