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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which one is the correct order of transportation for Jasmine's journey to America from India?
(a) Car, plane, boat.
(b) Train, boat, car.
(c) Plane, train, boat.
(d) Plane, boat, car.

2. Who is Mataji?
(a) Pitaji's mother.
(b) Dida's sister.
(c) Jasmine's sister.
(d) Jasmine's mother.

3. Bud and Darrel are at odds over what?
(a) The death of Darrel's father.
(b) Darrel's girlfriend.
(c) Darrel selling the farm to land developers.
(d) Darrel's feelings for Jasmine.

4. What does Bud call Jasmine?
(a) Justine.
(b) Jase.
(c) Jane.
(d) Jazzy.

5. Once he was accepted to the university, Prakash took Jasmine to buy what?
(a) A television.
(b) A wedding sari.
(c) A new radio.
(d) New shoes.

6. Where did Jasmine's family live before the Partition Riots?
(a) Pakistan.
(b) Jullundhar.
(c) Lahore.
(d) Bombay.

7. What were the courtyard toilets filled with?
(a) Ashes.
(b) Water.
(c) Lye.
(d) Leaves.

8. What is the name of the local beauty salon?
(a) Mother's Beauty Parlor.
(b) Madam Cleo's.
(c) Karin's Kurls.
(d) Baden's Hair Salon.

9. How old is Jasmine in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Twenty-four.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Seven.

10. Whose wedding sari did Jasmine wear for her wedding?
(a) Mataji's.
(b) Nirmala's.
(c) Lettie's.
(d) Vilma's.

11. Who yells "Prostitutes! Whores!" after the bomb goes off?
(a) The Doctor.
(b) Sukkhi.
(c) Kingsland.
(d) Bhindranwale.

12. Where was Little Clyde from?
(a) Uganda.
(b) Belize.
(c) Trinidad.
(d) Jamaica.

13. What type of pin does Du give Jasmine?
(a) A horseshoe-shaped gem.
(b) An emerald tipped unicorn.
(c) A rhinestone ladybug.
(d) A rhinestone heart.

14. Who told Jasmine of Masterji's murder?
(a) Mataji.
(b) Pitaji.
(c) Prakash.
(d) Vilma.

15. What attacked the women at the latrine?
(a) A rabid monkey.
(b) A lion.
(c) A mad dog.
(d) A bull.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was first thing Jasmine saw when she came into American shores?

2. Who would not help the women under attack?

3. Jasmine's injury is tended to by whom?

4. Who tried to strangle Jasmine at birth?

5. Who is Dida?

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