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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. How much does Lovely pay for her demo video production?
(a) 100 rupees.
(b) 500 rupees.
(c) 1,000 rupees.
(d) 600 rupees.

2. Why does the prison Jivan is kept in decide to try to improve its grounds in Part IV?
(a) The prison warden commands the work to be done.
(b) Jivan's presence has brought media attention to the prison.
(c) The state government has mandated that all prisons be improved.
(d) The prison received a grant for beautification.

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

4. What is the food for the B actors on the set of the first film Lovely is cast in?
(a) Sandwiches.
(b) Cakes.
(c) Blackened bananas.
(d) Pizza.

5. What does Purnendu tell Jivan his editor is doing with her story?
(a) Making it shorter.
(b) Making it longer.
(c) Making it better.
(d) Making it more accessible to the people.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jivan's mother react when Lovely says she will testify in court?

2. What happens to Jivan's mother in Part III that humiliates her?

3. How does Jivan's mother react to her sentencing?

4. In Part IV, what do the villagers find in the Muslim man's refigerator?

5. At what age did Lovely select her name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Lovely leave her home as a young person?

3. Why does Ragini go to a dentist for a surgery having to do with sex resassignment?

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

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

6. How did Jivan get the chance to go to an excellent girls' school despite her poverty?

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

8. What happens to Ragini after her sex reassignment surgery?

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

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

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