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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. With what does Fatima burn herself?

2. Which of the following does Rahul claim to have seen in the hotel where he works?

3. Who is Fatima’s friend?

4. Which of the following video games is available in the slum?

5. The text glosses the term “Annawadi” as which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. What prompted the initial settlement of the slum?

2. Why is Avinash unsuitable to be a slumlord?

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

4. What does Abdul identify as Karam’s major flaw?

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

6. In what work does Abdul specialize?

7. Why is Fatima unable to take Asha’s offer of compromise with Zehrunisa?

8. For what reasons did her neighbors consider Fatima a joke?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Conversely, given demonstrated efforts toward censorship in a number of countries, what would likely prompt bans of Behind the Beautiful Forevers? By which groups? Why?

Essay Topic 2

To what genre other than creative nonfiction might Behind the Beautiful Forevers be considered to belong? What in the text supports that identification? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Boo repeatedly uses the word “tension” in the text. Explicate its various uses and overall meaning within the book.

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