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

2. Who takes over fixing the microphones at PT Sir's school after he stops doing it?

3. What does the Jana Kalyan party help PT Sir with in Part III related to his school?

4. Who tells Lovely they are writing a script for a movie they hope she appears in?

5. How did Jivan feel going to the school for girls that she describes to Purnendu?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Purnendu eventually write about Jivan?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Jivan leave school early, as explained in Part IV?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What is Jivan's prison experience like, and what lessons does she learn about prison life early on? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does PT Sir first become involved in politics, and how does his life and career situation improve from his work with the Jana Kalyan party? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your work.

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