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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. Under which charity’s banner is the school where Manju works?
(a) IDEA.
(b) REAP.
(c) PREP.
(d) EARL.

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

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

4. At which of the following is Asha employed?
(a) Mumbai International Technical College.
(b) Marol Municipal School.
(c) Dhruv Local Middle School.
(d) Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University.

5. Who is the prime minister in the text?
(a) Indira Gandhi.
(b) Narendra Modi.
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru.
(d) Manmohan Singh.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following is Kalu compared?

2. What brand of rat poison does Meena use?

3. Which of the following is celebrated with water balloons in the text?

4. For how many rupees is a stolen ladder sold?

5. To what group does Meena belong?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Manju plan to escape an arranged marriage to a rural soldier?

2. Why does Rahul decline to help the injured scavenger he sees beside the road?

3. How does Sunil know that almonds have ripened?

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

5. What prompts Asha to berate Manju for her teaching work?

6. Why do Sunil and Kalu like to look at their slum from a pile of rubble?

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

8. How does Cynthia’s testimony go awry?

9. Why had Sunil and Sonu fallen out previously?

10. For what reasons does Asha have sex with men not her husband?

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