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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. Under which charity’s banner is the school where Manju works?

2. Which of the following is celebrated by belly-flopping in the text?

3. From whom is the quote that precedes Part Four: "Up and Out" taken?

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

5. As which of the following does the text gloss the term “taufeez”?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reasons does Asha have sex with men not her husband?

2. Why is Navrarti welcomed by the local girls?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Manju withdraw from Asha?

10. How does Sunil know that almonds have ripened?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Conversely, given demonstrated efforts toward censorship in a number of countries, what would likely prompt bans of Behind the Beautiful Forevers? By which groups? Why?

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