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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lovely avoid being arrested by the guard in Part IV at the tourist location?

2. Why does the prison Jivan is kept in decide to try to improve its grounds in Part IV?

3. Why do interviewers eventually follow Lovely to Mr. Debnath's acting class?

4. In Part IV, what do the villagers find in the Muslim man's refigerator?

5. What does PT Sir eat for breakfast every morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jivan's mother do for her that gives her strength in Part IV?

2. Why are the inmates at Jivan's prison given the task of "beautifying" it?

3. What does Jivan do as she waits on the train platform, and why?

4. What is Jivan's family's new house like when they first see it in the Kolabagan slum?

5. When and how did Lovely select her name?

6. Why does Ragini go to a dentist for a surgery having to do with sex resassignment?

7. How does Lovely feel when she goes to Azad's wedding?

8. Why does Lovely leave her home as a young person?

9. What does Mr. Debnath tell Lovely in Part III that lifts her spirits?

10. What does Purnendu eventually write about Jivan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Jivan's mother's visits to her in prison affect Jivan at different points throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How would you describe Gobind's work for Jivan from the beginning of the novel to the end as her court-appointed lawyer? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What kind of case do the authorities have against Jivan in charging her as a suspected terrorist? What is their evidence based on? Write a journal entry explaining your answers.

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