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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. What happens to the actual terrorists that commit the train atrocity?

2. How does the court react to Lovely's testimony?

3. In Part IV, what prices are Bimala Pal worried about?

4. Why does Jivan decide not to tell Purnendu about Lovely testifying for her?

5. What does Purnendu tell Jivan his editor is doing with her story?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When and how did Lovely select her name?

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

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

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

6. In Part III, what does Jivan's mother do for a living?

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

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

9. What is the verdict that is returned in Jivan's trial?

10. What does Bimala Pal help PT Sir procure for his school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Jivan's prison experience like, and what lessons does she learn about prison life early on? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What do you think PT Sir desires most out of life? What aspects of PT Sir's life is he most dissatisfied with at the beginning of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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