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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 job had Kamble held?

2. As what is Ahsa’s brother-in-law employed?

3. Which of the following is noted as the worst of the extortionate constables?

4. How many rupees does Sunil earn helping Kalu retrieve his findings?

5. Which of the following names comes up in Manju’s studies?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what work does Abdul specialize?

3. Why does Asha attempt to intervene between Zehrunisa and Fatima?

4. Why does Abdul hide in his storage shed?

5. What does Asha mean when she tells a petitioner to go to a temple and pray?

6. How does the owner of the local entertainment center accrue money?

7. What prompted the initial settlement of the slum?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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