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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 wear to her trial?

2. What kind of carriers do people often transport food inside in India?

3. What kind of exercise does PT Sir routinely have his students do indoors?

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

5. Who had the most severe problem with Lovely's gender?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Bimala Pal help PT Sir procure for his school?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Purnendu eventually write about Jivan?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Why does Jivan decide to try to speak with a reporter to get her story out into the public? How does speaking with the reporter Purnendu work out for her? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the underlying reasons for the government's mistreatment of people like Jivan, her family, and their neighbors? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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