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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the dolls say about Devadatta’s hands?
(a) They are too big.
(b) They are very small.
(c) They are gentle.
(d) They are rough like a laborer’s.

2. After seeking answers to their problem, who is decided to be Padmini’s husband?
(a) Neither.
(b) Both.
(c) The one with Devadatta’s head.
(d) The one with Kapila’s head.

3. What does Padmini ask Devadatta to do when she finds the dolls torn apart?
(a) Put them on the shelf and hope their son will not notice.
(b) Go to Ujjain to get new dolls.
(c) Throw them away.
(d) Find someone who will fix them.

4. How does Kapila react when he finds Devadatta is dead?
(a) He screams.
(b) He tells Devadatta he is a fool.
(c) He runs away in terror.
(d) He laughs.

5. What does Devadatta say he will do when Kapila suggests they go see the temples before going to Ujjain?
(a) He says he will go with Kapila only.
(b) He says he will lead the way.
(c) He says he will go with Padmini only.
(d) He says he will stay and watch the cart.

Short Answer Questions

1. After being brought back to life, what does Kapila say Padmini must do, which ends their jovial walk home?

2. Whose solution does the Bhagavata wonder would satisfy the audience at the start of Act II?

3. Where does Kapila go after Devadatta and Padmini return to Dharampura?

4. After Devadatta asks Padmini to prepare lime juice for his guests, whose mother does she tell him died?

5. What question does Devadatta pose at the end of Act I?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Devadatta moves one of the dolls in search of a book, how do the dolls describe his changed body?

2. What do the two dolls discuss just before and just after the baby is born?

3. What problem arises in regards to Padmini after Kapila and Devadatta’s heads and bodies are switched?

4. What does Devadatta say to Padmini about the life of a Brahmin after she tells him he never goes out anymore?

5. What does Kapila do after he and Padmini return from their work to find Devadatta is gone?

6. Describe the conversation between Devadatta and Padmini when she suggests they take the baby to the lake.

7. What temples does Kapila point out while they are stopped on their way to Ujjain, and how does Devadatta react to hearing these names?

8. What do the dolls see Padmini dreaming about when she falls asleep after singing her baby a lullaby?

9. What does the Goddess Kali mean when she says that Devadatta and Kapila lied “to their last breaths” (33)?

10. What does Padmini tell Devadatta after he asks her to prepare lime juice for his guest, and how does Devadatta react?

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