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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. Who brings the newspaper with the article about Jivan to her?
(a) Mira Ha.
(b) Jivan's father.
(c) Arunji ma.
(d) Uma madam.

2. What happens to Jivan's mother in Part III that humiliates her?
(a) She loses her job because she insults the boss.
(b) She is robbed and assaulted by men while selling her food.
(c) She is spat upon for being Muslim.
(d) She loses a tooth when someone hits her in the street.

3. What does Jivan's mother do that gives Jivan strength in Part IV?
(a) Says a prayer for her.
(b) Smiles at her.
(c) Gives her a flower.
(d) Gives her a book.

4. Why does Jivan decide to leave school early in Part IV?
(a) She wants to leave the country and she gets a job outside the country.
(b) She does not decide to leave; her teachers expel her.
(c) She wants to get a job so she can move out on her own.
(d) She wants to help her family pay for her father's medication and other things.

5. What does Azad wear on his wedding day?
(a) An ivory dhoti kurta.
(b) A black suit.
(c) A red dasiki.
(d) An ivory tie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gobind help Lovely to do in Part III?

2. What bad habit does Jivan pick up at Pantaloons?

3. What kind of tea do people routinely sell in the street where Jivan used to live?

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

5. In Part IV, why does the mob kill the Muslim man?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lovely feel when she goes to Azad's wedding?

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

3. What does Mr. Debnath tell Lovely in Part III that lifts her spirits?

4. In Part III, what does Jivan's mother do for a living?

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

6. What does Purnendu eventually write about Jivan?

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

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

9. What is Jivan's family's new house like when they first see it in the Kolabagan slum?

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

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