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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. How does the text gloss the term “bhaari”?

2. Which of the following testifies against the Husains?

3. At which of the following is Asha enrolled?

4. How many rupees is the fine for spitting in the courthouse?

5. Which actress features in Meena’s favorite commercials?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Sunil’s sister to become bald?

2. What causes Asha to feel “like a giantess, coming home” (135)?

3. How does Manju plan to escape an arranged marriage to a rural soldier?

4. Why is the wedding Asha and her family attend in her hometown subdued?

5. Why did India set up high-speed courts, per the text?

6. Summarize Priya’s testimony in Karam’s case.

7. What prompts Asha to berate Manju for her teaching work?

8. Why does Manju withdraw from Asha?

9. Why had the women of Asha’s hometown esteemed her in her youth?

10. What is Asha’s main regret as her political career advances?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the quotation prefacing Part Two: The Business of Burning: “Rich people fight about stupid things. Why shouldn’t poor people do the same?” (69). To what extent does it correspond with the contents of the book as a whole? What in the text shows as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

To what other writer’s work in your experience does Boo’s seem most similar? What makes the writers similar? What differentiates them? Overall, which do you regard as doing better at the craft of writing, and why?

Essay Topic 3

Which character is the second most important in the text? How does the work support such an assertion?

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