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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Black flowers.
(b) Yellow flowers.
(c) Red flowers.
(d) White flowers.

2. How did Jivan feel going to the school for girls that she describes to Purnendu?
(a) It was not easy, but she felt hope and possibility.
(b) She hated it.
(c) The work was far too difficult for her, so she dropped out after a few months.
(d) She loved it.

3. What does Lovely do to try to make things a little easier for Jivan's mother and father after the verdict in Part IV?
(a) Raises money for them.
(b) Finds new blankets for them.
(c) Brings them tea.
(d) Sweeps away the cigarette butts the reporters left outside their door.

4. What does Lovely say is the number one tourist spot in the country?
(a) The Rilco.
(b) The British palace Victoria Memorial.
(c) The Taj Mahal.
(d) The Bindi.

5. In Part IV, why does the mob kill the Muslim man?
(a) They think he killed a child.
(b) They think he stole from the village.
(c) They think he is impersonating someone else.
(d) They suspect he killed and ate a cow.

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

7. Why are Brijesh and his friend refused entry to the mall they visit?
(a) They are told they are not clean enough to enter.
(b) They are asked to pledge allegiance to the party to enter.
(c) They are asked to pay to gain entry and they refuse.
(d) They are told they do not have the right shoes to enter.

8. Who takes over fixing the microphones at PT Sir's school after he stops doing it?
(a) Mihal.
(b) Migra.
(c) Suri.
(d) Suresh.

9. What festival does JIvan tell Purnendu about in Part III?
(a) The Eid festival.
(b) The Republic festival.
(c) The Carnivale festival.
(d) The Hindu festival.

10. What percentage does Jivan pass her important exam with?
(a) 65%.
(b) 52%.
(c) 72%.
(d) 60%.

11. What kind of exercise does PT Sir routinely have his students do indoors?
(a) Cricket.
(b) Golf.
(c) Yoga.
(d) Dodgeball.

12. What is really in Lovely's jar of holy water?
(a) Holy water.
(b) Wine.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Water from the municipal pump.

13. Where does Jivan's mother routinely go in the middle of the night near the railway tracks in Part III?
(a) The prayer service.
(b) The illegal market.
(c) The nightclub.
(d) The river.

14. In Part III, who does PT Sir testify against in court who is connected to Lovely?
(a) Hali.
(b) Azad.
(c) Aurunji Ma.
(d) Jivan's mother.

15. In Part IV, what do the villagers find in the Muslim man's refigerator?
(a) Pork.
(b) Beef.
(c) Lamb.
(d) A chicken.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jivan's mother do that gives Jivan strength in Part IV?

2. What happens to Lovely's closest sister in the hijra house?

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

4. How many days does Jivan's trial go on for?

5. Who ran the classes Lovely took as a teenager?

(see the answer keys)

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