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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 is the name of an insurance policy Manju had tried to sell?

2. Which hotel do jihadis take over in the text?

3. How long does the train ride take that carries Asha and her family back to her hometown?

4. Where does Meena expect to go as a bride?

5. Manju grows enamored of which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Sunil know that almonds have ripened?

3. To what does Meena’s family ascribe her death?

4. How does Manju persuade her mother to let her wear jeans?

5. How does Cynthia’s testimony go awry?

6. Why had Sunil and Sonu fallen out previously?

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

8. Why is Navrarti welcomed by the local girls?

9. In the text, how are fast-track trials conducted?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Similarly, the lengths of chapters influence reading. What pattern of chapter-length is present in the book, if any? What effect does the length of chapters have on the reading? How is the effect achieved?

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

Overall, what is the most important theme of Behind the Beautiful Forevers. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

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