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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. Which of the following does Mirchi imitate?

2. Who founded the party for which Asha works?

3. Which of the following do the Husains own?

4. In which state is Mumbai?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Per the text, why had families encouraged widows to self-immolate on their husbands’ pyres?

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

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

5. Why is Avinash unsuitable to be a slumlord?

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

7. For what reason does Asha greet petitioners in a housedress?

8. What local difficulties does the text note that monsoon season presents?

9. For what reasons do Abdul’s parents favor their selection of a wife for him?

10. Why do the recycling plant owners wear white?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character is the second most important in the text? How does the work support such an assertion?

Essay Topic 2

Readerly attention focuses on the following comment: “India still made a person know his place, and wishing things different struck Abdul as a childish pastime, like trying to write your name in a bowl of melted kulfi” (15). What might attract attention thereto, and why might it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Assuming that Behind the Beautiful Forevers should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

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