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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. Where does Jivan's mother routinely go in the middle of the night near the railway tracks in Part III?

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

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

4. How many days does Jivan's trial go on for?

5. What does PT Sir eat for breakfast every morning?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Jivan think the other girls in her school think of her?

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

5. When and how did Lovely select her name?

6. What does Jivan do as she waits on the train platform, and why?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kinds of prejudices does Lovely encounter in her daily life, and what are the biases and prejudices based upon? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why is Jivan's mother so proud of her when Jivan successfully convinces a local official to fix their water pipes so that they have clean water? What does Jivan herself learn from the experience of speaking with this official? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

At the conclusion of the novel, PT Sir sees an apparition of Jivan in the large crowd, but minutes later, she is gone. Write an essay exploring the symbolism of this apparition of Jivan, and explain whether or not - and why or why not - you think Majumdar concludes the novel on a hopeful note.

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