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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 family hosts a large dinner party in Part 7?

2. How many children does Mrs. Rupa Mehra have?

3. What is the capital of Pakistan?

4. Who writes to Haresh promoting a match between him and Lata in Part 9?

5. With what man do the women in Part 3 face an awkward encounter while out with Pran?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the central conflict in Part 5? How is the Raja of Marh involved?

2. What are the principle conflicts of A Suitable Boy established in Part 1?

3. Where does Part 11 take place? What legislature is being discussed?

4. What political conflicts do Firoz and Maan discuss in Part 15? What conclusion do they reach?

5. Who does Mrs. Rupa Mehra meet for the first time in Part 9?

6. What festival is taking place in Part 2? Who entertains during the festival?

7. What political conflicts take place in Parliament in Part 5? What is the central political issue?

8. What scenes of poverty is Maan exposed to in Part 8? What effect do they have?

9. How does Vikram Seth establish the conflicts between Muslims and Hindus symbolically in Part 2?

10. What brings Lata and Kabir together in Part 12? How does Malati relate to their relationship?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the similarities and differences between the Mehra household and the Chatterji household as depicted in Part 7. What differences exist within the parental figures? How are the children similar? How do they differ?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Lata's night out with her in-laws in Part 7. How is the social life of Lata and the other young people depicted at the cocktail party and the disco? How does this juxtapose against Mrs. Rupa Mehra's traditional views?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the relationship between Nawab Sahib and Mahesh Kapoor in the narrative. How are their differences overlooked? How does their friendship become strained?

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