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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has decided to join a bank in Part 16?
(a) Haresh.
(b) Dipankar.
(c) Amit.
(d) Tapan.

2. Who is performing in the play with Lata in Part 15?
(a) Haresh.
(b) Amit.
(c) Kabir.
(d) Malati.

3. Who is Tasneem's actual mother?
(a) Lata Mehra.
(b) Saeeda Bai.
(c) Mrs. Rupa Mehra.
(d) Savita Mehra.

4. Who gives Varun courage as he goes to the interview for a government job in Part 19?
(a) Mrs. Rupa Mehra.
(b) Tapan.
(c) Lata Mehra.
(d) Kalpana Gaur.

5. What servant of Saeeda Bai's does Maan embrace in Part 12?
(a) Dipankar.
(b) Rajkumar.
(c) Bibbo.
(d) Tasmeen.

6. Who does Mrs. Rupa learn in a letter had miscarried in Part 15?
(a) Savita.
(b) Kakoli.
(c) Meenakshi.
(d) Lata.

7. Who informs Mrs. Rupa and Lata of the news of Bhaskar's hospitalization in Part 12?
(a) Dipankar.
(b) Mrs. Mahesh Kapoor and Veena.
(c) Arun Chatterji.
(d) The Raja of Marh.

8. Who had found Bhaskar after the stampede in Part 12?
(a) Kabir Durrani.
(b) Arun Chatterji.
(c) The Raja of Marh.
(d) Dipankar.

9. Whose birthday turns out to be a self-pity party in Part 16?
(a) Malati's.
(b) Lata's.
(c) Mrs. Rupa Mehra's.
(d) Savita's.

10. Who impulsively proposes to Lata in Part 18?
(a) Tapan.
(b) Haresh.
(c) Amit.
(d) Kabir.

11. What Persian word was given as an honorary title to a person who has achieved a mastery over languages, especially in British India?
(a) Raja.
(b) Zarati.
(c) Munshi.
(d) Imam.

12. Who is imprisoned after a bloody incident at Saeeda Bai's house in Part 17?
(a) Pran.
(b) Maan.
(c) Haresh.
(d) Arun.

13. Who does Kabir ask to intercede for him with Lata in Part 16?
(a) Savita.
(b) Mrs. Rupa Mehra.
(c) Haresh.
(d) Malati.

14. Who desires to go to university to become a lawyer in Part 13?
(a) Dipankar.
(b) Lata.
(c) Arun.
(d) Savita.

15. At what school had Amit been educated?
(a) St. Paul's day school.
(b) St. Xavier's day school.
(c) Shiva day school.
(d) St. Peter's day school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lata and Kabir have an emotional confrontation about who in Part 18?

2. What kind of hunt does Maan go on in Part 10?

3. In what year did India gain independence from Great Britain?

4. Who wrestles a fruit knife from Saeeda Bai, almost choking her in Part 17?

5. Who is subtly urged to withdraw his candidacy for head reader at the university in Part 18?

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