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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. Which of the following attempts to extort the Husains at Karam’s trial?
(a) Thokale.
(b) Paikrao.
(c) Sawant.
(d) Pawar.

2. Which of the following police officers beats Sunil?
(a) Pawar.
(b) Paikrao.
(c) Sawant.
(d) Thokale.

3. Which actress features in Meena’s favorite commercials?
(a) Alia.
(b) Nagris.
(c) Asin.
(d) Anushka.

4. What kind of soda is advertised in Meena’s favorite commercials?
(a) Crush.
(b) Fanta.
(c) Merinda.
(d) Sunkist.

5. Per the text, which of the following does Freud identify as a main group of fantasy?
(a) The erotic.
(b) The endemic.
(c) The exotic.
(d) The emetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom is the quote that precedes Part Four: "Up and Out" taken?

2. Under which charity’s banner is the school where Manju works?

3. How old is Meena?

4. As what does the text gloss the term “motu”?

5. How many years shorter than the national average is life expectancy in Mumbai, per the text?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did India set up high-speed courts, per the text?

2. Why is Navrarti welcomed by the local girls?

3. What causes Asha to feel “like a giantess, coming home” (135)?

4. How does Sunil know that almonds have ripened?

5. How does Cynthia’s testimony go awry?

6. How does Manju persuade her mother to let her wear jeans?

7. Why had Sunil and Sonu fallen out previously?

8. What familial duty does Manju carry out at the wedding in her mother’s hometown?

9. What is Asha’s main regret as her political career advances?

10. In the text, how are fast-track trials conducted?

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