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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is one reason the authorities think Jivan is connected to the terrorist attack?
2. What happens when Jivan's mother goes to the police station to see her?
3. How is Jivan's father injured in Part II?
4. Why is Americandi in prison?
5. Why does Jivan sign a confession?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Jivan's lawyer Gobind tell her about the evidence against her in her case?
2. Where is one place Lovely thinks of herself as preparing for her acting class?
3. In Part II, what does the mother of the baby do after the blessing that offends Lovely?
4. Why do Lovely and her Hijra sisters often experience discrimination?
5. What is one of the first things PT Sir remembers about Jivan when she was his student?
6. What is Jivan's first impression of Purnendu, the reporter?
7. In Part II, how does the doctor treat Jivan's father after his back pain begins?
8. In Part I, what is the event that leads to Jivan's arrest?
9. In Part II, what does one of the policeman fired for excessive violence during a slum demolition do as his new gig?
10. What kinds of "bombs" did Jivan tell the reporter she and her family threw at the police?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What kind of case do the authorities have against Jivan in charging her as a suspected terrorist? What is their evidence based on? Write a journal entry explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Why do you think Majumdar chooses to write the novel from the first-person point of view for some characters and from a third-person point of view for others? What effect do you think this perspective-changing has on the reader? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
What are some of the most important details the reporter Purnendu changes, embellishes, or misrepresents in his story about Jivan and her background? How do these changes seem to affect public opinion about Jivan? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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