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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 brand of cabinet does Abdul see while incarcerated?

2. Which of the following is the Husains’ fifth son?

3. To which actor does Abdul compare himself?

4. Who founded the party for which Asha works?

5. Which of the following women is the first to visit Fatima in the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason do locals in the text favor improving the shacks where they live?

2. Why is Avinash unsuitable to be a slumlord?

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

4. How does Fatima perceive herself as increased after her self-immolation?

5. In what work does Abdul specialize?

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

7. Why are bottle caps a particular nuisance?

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

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

10. Why is Abdul a criminal before police begin to pursue him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Similarly, characters within the text repeatedly use the term “corruption.” Explicate the term’s various uses and overall meaning within the book.

Essay Topic 2

In the book, Abdul considers Fatima: “At the heart of her bad nature, like many bad natures, was probably envy. And at the heart of envy was possibly hope—that the good fortune of others might one day be hers” (88). Is Abdul’s assessment of Fatima accurate? What in the text demonstrates as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Typically, an epigraph is expected to speak to or set the tone for the work it introduces. Does the epigraph of Behind the Beautiful Forevers do so for the present book? How or how not?

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