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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city does “Between Roses” begin?
(a) Kolkata.
(b) Dehli.
(c) Mumbai.
(d) Jaipur.

2. To which actress is Kehkashan compared?
(a) Lara Dutta.
(b) Priyanka Chopra.
(c) Kajol.
(d) Parvati.

3. Into what hospital is Fatima admitted?
(a) Sawyer.
(b) Bowyer.
(c) Fletcher.
(d) Cooper.

4. How many of the slum’s residents had permanent jobs?
(a) 600.
(b) 6000.
(c) 6.
(d) 60.

5. Which of the following extorts money from Zehrunisa in the police station?
(a) Paikrao.
(b) Thokale.
(c) Pawar.
(d) Sawant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of fruit tree stands by the Hotel Leela?

2. In what year had the Husains arrived in the slum where they live?

3. From what country does Zehrunisa hail?

4. In which of the following do the Husains hope to live?

5. How many goats had the brothel-keeper originally bought?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the ghost house to which Zehrunisa refers?

2. What prompted the initial settlement of the slum?

3. Why does Abdul believe others in the area hold his family in disregard?

4. What is the purpose of the beatings local police administer to their detainees?

5. Why does Sunil scavenge on a ledge above a river?

6. Why had Sunil refused to beg for money at the local orphanage?

7. Why does Zehrunisa worry about her fifth son?

8. What story does Abdul fabricate about being inside a hotel?

9. How does Asha’s self-help group scheme work?

10. For what reasons did her neighbors consider Fatima a joke?

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