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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are some of the most significant expenses Jivan's parents incur from?
(a) Food.
(b) Housing.
(c) Transportation.
(d) Her father's medicines.

2. Who is the chief guard of the women's prison?
(a) Lia Madam.
(b) Miss Mia.
(c) Madam Leader.
(d) Uma madam.

3. What does the reporter who comes to see Jivan bring for her in Part II?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Bananas.
(c) Pens.
(d) Rice.

4. Where does Jivan work?
(a) Pantaloons.
(b) Herod's.
(c) Smiley's.
(d) Ribbons.

5. In what format do PT Sir and his wife rent a movie in Part II?
(a) Blu-Ray.
(b) VHS tape.
(c) CD.
(d) USB stick.

6. What invitation is PT Sir excited about in Part II?
(a) His daughter invites him to her wedding.
(b) Bimala Pal invites him to lunch at her house.
(c) Katie Banerjee invites him to a party.
(d) The Prime Minister invites him to a ceremony.

7. What kind thing did PT Sir once do for Jivan?
(a) Bring her extra clothes.
(b) Giver her old furniture from his house.
(c) Bring her food from home because he could tell she was hungry.
(d) Give her money for tea.

8. What kind of work did Jivan's father once do?
(a) Sewed clothes.
(b) Drove a rickshaw.
(c) Wrote translations.
(d) Molded metals.

9. What does PT Sir's wife tell him to take to his appointment with Bimala Pal?
(a) A pizza.
(b) A package of biscuits.
(c) A cake.
(d) A box of nice sweets.

10. In Part II, what does a man who used to be employed by the police do in his new gig?
(a) Cook dinners for immigrants.
(b) Check men's trucks for transporting cows.
(c) Become a bounty hunter.
(d) Process driver's licenses.

11. Who is Jivan's cellmate?
(a) Kalyan.
(b) Bimi.
(c) Jalala.
(d) Americandi.

12. Where was Jivan's house that she lived in with her parents?
(a) Near the beach.
(b) Right behind the shop she worked in.
(c) Right behind the garbage dump.
(d) Near the river.

13. What does Jivan's cellmate tell her she should do to turn public opinion her way?
(a) Do an interview with a reporter.
(b) Have her friends talk to the media.
(c) Have her family talk to the media.
(d) Write a letter to the newspaper.

14. How is Jivan's father injured in Part II?
(a) From a kick from a horse.
(b) From a policeman's blow.
(c) In a fall from a rickshaw.
(d) In a manufacturing accident.

15. Where does Lovely find some inspiration for her acting?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Her best friend.
(c) Her family.
(d) Her train ride.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Lovely that she needs to let her lover go?

2. What is the national holiday celebrating the country's constitution?

3. What is the first thing the reporter asks Jivan in Part II?

4. Which famous film producer is brought in to Jivan's prison?

5. What is the women's favorite drama to watch on television in the prison?

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