View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which drug dealer does Kalu observe?

2. Which of the following testifies against the Husains?

3. In the text, who is the wealthiest person in India?

4. Per the text, which of the following does Freud identify as a main group of fantasy?

5. In the book, how many districts does India have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Rahul decline to help the injured scavenger he sees beside the road?

2. How does Cynthia’s testimony go awry?

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

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

5. What familial duty does Manju carry out at the wedding in her mother’s hometown?

6. Why had Sunil and Sonu fallen out previously?

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

8. Why do Sunil and Kalu like to look at their slum from a pile of rubble?

9. Why is Navrarti welcomed by the local girls?

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

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 2

What character is the protagonist of Behind the Beautiful Forevers? How does the book support such an assertion?

Essay Topic 3

Section divisions, their titles, and chapter numbering / division schema are all components of paratext. That is, they are not part of the text but are associated with it closely and affect its meaning. What significance, if any, accrues to the chapter-numbering scheme at work in Behind the Beautiful Forevers? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the book supports the paratextual divisions that are in place?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 579 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample