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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. What job does Jivan receive in improving the look of the prison?
(a) Planting trees.
(b) Scrubbing soot and grease from the prison walls.
(c) Cutting the grass.
(d) Painting the exterior.

2. What does Americandi demand in order to do a favor for Jivan?
(a) Soap.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Favors.
(d) Money.

3. What kind of flowers is it appropriate to bring to mourn, as PT Sir does when the leader of the Jana Kalyan Party dies?
(a) Yellow flowers.
(b) Black flowers.
(c) White flowers.
(d) Red flowers.

4. What is Jivan's job in the prison kitchen?
(a) Making rice.
(b) Making curry.
(c) Cutting meat.
(d) Making ruti.

5. How does Jivan end up going to a good school for girls in Part III?
(a) Jivan's grandmother funds her education.
(b) Jivan's mother scrapes together the money for the school.
(c) Jivan's father insists she go to the school and he sells his rickshaw to pay for it.
(d) The woman whose wallet she considers stealing helps her get into the school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does PT Sir go to the police in Part I?

2. What kind of food does Jivan's mother give to her and the neighbors in celebration of her passing her exam?

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

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

5. Where does Jivan's mother routinely go in the middle of the night near the railway tracks in Part III?

(see the answer key)

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