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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 extorts money from Zehrunisa in the police station?

2. Which of the following does Abdul wish to buy?

3. From which of the following does Adarsh hail?

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

5. Which of the following is one of Fatima’s daughters?

Short Essay Questions

1. What prompted the initial settlement of the slum?

2. Why does Asha balk at her political supervisor’s request for an area meeting?

3. How does Abdul define good fortune?

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

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

6. Why are bottle caps a particular nuisance?

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

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

9. Why do the recycling plant owners wear white?

10. In what work does Abdul specialize?

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

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

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?

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