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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 grade does the man making Lovely's demo tape give to her?
2. What does Azad wear on his wedding day?
3. Who ran the classes Lovely took as a teenager?
4. How does the court react to Lovely's testimony?
5. Whose house does Lovely walk past at the end of Part III to see if she can catch a glimpse of this person?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Jivan do as she waits on the train platform, and why?
2. What does Jivan tell Purnendu she is guilty of?
3. What important piece of evidence is thrown out in Jivan's trial?
4. What does Mr. Debnath tell Lovely in Part III that lifts her spirits?
5. What does Jivan do when someone locked in the burning train beckons to her to try to save his young daughter?
6. What does Jivan's mother do for her that gives her strength in Part IV?
7. Why does Jivan's mother come to see Lovely in Part III?
8. How does Jivan feel about what Purnendu writes about her?
9. Why does Jivan leave school early, as explained in Part IV?
10. How did Jivan get the chance to go to an excellent girls' school despite her poverty?
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 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 3
How do Jivan's mother's visits to her in prison affect Jivan at different points throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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