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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 181 - 237).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jivan ask the reporter about the second time he comes to visit her in prison?
(a) Whether he has spoken to her mother.
(b) Whether he has her payment yet.
(c) Whether he has printed the first part of the story yet.
(d) Whether he has spoken to her boyfriend.

3. What does the judge do in Jivan's trial that she is grateful for?
(a) Asks for Jivan to take the stand for herself.
(b) Asks for more testimony in her favor.
(c) Throws out her confession.
(d) Asks for her mother to speak in her favor.

4. What does Jivan tell Purnendu is the only thing she is guilty of in Part IV?
(a) Being an idealist.
(b) Being a coward.
(c) Being a young woman.
(d) Being too optimistic.

5. Why does PT Sir say that Jivan's behavior in school was suspicious?
(a) She never had shoes of her own.
(b) She fainted often.
(c) She never learned to speak English.
(d) She vanished without saying goodbye.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stops Jivan's mother from continuing her business in Part III?

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

3. How does Lovely react to the verdict in Jivan's trial?

4. What is really in Lovely's jar of holy water?

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

(see the answer key)

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