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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 is Manju’s monthly teaching pay, in rupees?
2. Which of the following improvements does Zehrunisa want for her home?
3. Which of the following animals are to be found in Abdul’s neighborhood?
4. Which of the following movies does Kalu reenact?
5. The text glosses the term “bhaiya” as which of the following?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Abdul think his heart is too small?
2. For what reason does Asha greet petitioners in a housedress?
3. Why does Asha attempt to intervene between Zehrunisa and Fatima?
4. What is the ghost house to which Zehrunisa refers?
5. What local difficulties does the text note that monsoon season presents?
6. Why does Abdul believe others in the area hold his family in disregard?
7. Why does Abdul dislike sorting polyurethane bags?
8. For what reasons do Abdul’s parents favor their selection of a wife for him?
9. For what reason do locals in the text favor improving the shacks where they live?
10. How does Asha’s self-help group scheme work?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Given their circumstances, how do the participants in the events of the book avoid despair? What does their success at doing so offer readers far removed from those circumstances?
Essay Topic 3
Sources attest to the presence of Behind the Beautiful Forevers on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the book? How does it do so?
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