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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 grade does the man making Lovely's demo tape give to her?
(a) F.
(b) B.
(c) C.
(d) A.

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

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

4. What does Jivan tell Purnendu she did when she saw a woman's purse unzipped one day on the main street?
(a) She considered stealing her wallet but decided against it.
(b) She told her friend to steal the the wallet.
(c) She told the woman her purse was unzipped.
(d) She stole the woman's wallet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Purendu's story comes out in the paper, what does it emphasize that devastates Jivan?

2. What does Jivan tell Purnendu is the only thing she is guilty of in Part IV?

3. What is the food for the B actors on the set of the first film Lovely is cast in?

4. Why does Jivan think PT Sir might have taken an interest in her?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jivan know happens to women who go to the prison clinic when they are feeling ill?

2. What does Jivan's mother do for her that gives her strength in Part IV?

3. What does Purnendu eventually write about Jivan?

4. How does Jivan feel about what Purnendu writes about her?

5. What is the verdict that is returned in Jivan's trial?

6. What does Jivan do when someone locked in the burning train beckons to her to try to save his young daughter?

7. Why does Jivan's mother come to see Lovely in Part III?

8. Why are the inmates at Jivan's prison given the task of "beautifying" it?

9. Why does Jivan not testify at her own trial?

10. What important piece of evidence is thrown out in Jivan's trial?

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