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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. What were the courtyard toilets filled with?
(a) Lye.
(b) Ashes.
(c) Water.
(d) Leaves.

2. How old is Jasmine in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Twenty-four.
(c) Seven.
(d) Twelve.

3. What is the name of the new Sikh boys' gang?
(a) Khalsans.
(b) Sivajians.
(c) Kali Lions.
(d) Khalsa Lions.

4. Jasmine's injury is tended to by whom?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her sisters.
(c) The servants.
(d) Her son.

5. What farewell present did Kingsland slip into Jasmine's hand just before they docked in America?
(a) A Bible.
(b) A knife.
(c) Money.
(d) A ring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jasmine disagreeing with in the beginning of the story?

2. Whom did Prakash call a dangerous man in Jasmine's family courtyard?

3. Who hails Jasmine's brother as they leave the tea shop?

4. Why is Bud in a wheelchair?

5. Who is Mataji?

Short Essay Questions

1. After leaving Darrel's home, why does Jasmine call Karin for help with Darrel?

2. What is the great battle between Dida and Mataji?

3. Jasmine has no one to pick her up at the American shore. What happens when she accepts a ride?

4. How does Du feel about Jasmine's surprise from the mailman?

5. What did the letters Masterji read to his students reveal about American farmers?

6. Jasmine sees Du's inventiveness as a gift. How does Bud view Du's talent?

7. When Jasmine returns to the family home, what does she enlist her brothers to help her do?

8. In the story why does Jasmine hoard water and who are the other two people that hoard and why?

9. Why is Darrel Lutz planting his thousand acre family farm alone for the first time?

10. Why does Taylor want Jasmine to stay with him and Duff?

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