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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 does Padmini worry people will think regarding Devadatta and Kaplia’s suicide if she returns to the city?
(a) She worries they will think Kapila and Devadatta were romantically involved.
(b) She worries they will think Kapila must be the father of her child.
(c) She worries they will call her a whore whom the two men fought and died for.
(d) She worries they will think the two men died accidentally.

2. What does Kapila say to Devadatta before cutting off his own head?
(a) He says he cannot live without him.
(b) He says he cannot be father to Devadatta’s child.
(c) He says he does not want to have to marry Padmini.
(d) He says he will see him soon.

3. After Devadatta asks Padmini to prepare lime juice for his guests, whose mother does she tell him died?
(a) Her father’s.
(b) Padmini’s.
(c) Devadatta’s.
(d) Kapila’s.

4. What does Padmini whisper to Kapila for him to remember before she goes home with Devadatta?
(a) That she will dump Devadatta and come find him.
(b) That she hopes to never see him again.
(c) That it is really him she loves.
(d) That she is leaving with his body.

5. What does Padmini realize she is too weak to do after finding Kapila and Devadatta dead?
(a) Live alone.
(b) Raise a child with no husband.
(c) Stab herself in the chest.
(d) Cut off her own head.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Devadatta say to Padmini when she complains he never goes out anymore?

2. What does Devadatta ask Lord Rudra to do after Kapila and Padmini head off to the temples together?

3. What did Devadatta tell Padmini he did while at the Ujjain fair which surprised them both?

4. Where does Devadatta climb to after Kapila and Padmini have gone of to the temples together?

5. What does Padmini ask Devadatta to do when she finds the dolls torn apart?

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

3. What does Padmini do once Devadatta leaves for the Ujjain fair to buy new dolls for the baby?

4. What error is made when Kali brings Devadatta and Kapila back to life?

5. Describe the scene when Padmini sings her son a lullaby just before falling asleep.

6. What does Devadatta do when he reaches the temple of Kali?

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

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

9. Where does Devadatta go after he and Padmini return to Dharampura as husband and wife, and what does he purchase for their baby while there?

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

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