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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who arranged for Jasmine's illegal documents?
(a) Little Clyde.
(b) Masterji.
(c) Hari.
(d) The Doctor.

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

3. How old was Jasmine when she married?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Twenty-four.

4. What does Khalsa mean?
(a) Holy.
(b) Clean.
(c) Humble.
(d) Pure.

5. Jasmine read what type of manual to brush up on English?
(a) Automobile.
(b) Television.
(c) Radio.
(d) VCR.

6. What was used to wound the mad dog?
(a) A rifle shot.
(b) Rocks.
(c) A wood staff.
(d) Pitchers.

7. What is Hari-prar's present from a customer whose car he fixed?
(a) A cap.
(b) Shoes.
(c) A book.
(d) A watch.

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

9. What age was listed on Jasmine's fake passport?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Twenty-one.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Nineteen.

10. Who goes early for the latrine hour?
(a) Children.
(b) Maidservants.
(c) Neighborhood women.
(d) Men.

11. Who has a nephew in California?
(a) Pitaji.
(b) Masterji.
(c) Potatoes-babu.
(d) Dida.

12. What filled the brass-pitchers carried to the latrine?
(a) Tea.
(b) Milk.
(c) Water.
(d) Ice.

13. Who told Jasmine about a captain who takes contraband to the U.S.?
(a) A railway porter.
(b) A waitress.
(c) Another passenger.
(d) A pilot.

14. Who said "individual effort counts for nothing"?
(a) Mataji.
(b) Jasmine.
(c) Dida.
(d) Masterji.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In villages close to the border, what is an acceptable profession?

2. Who died from being gored by a bull?

3. Who tried to strangle Jasmine at birth?

4. Of all the men that visit their courtyard whom does Jasmine fall in love with?

5. How large is the family farm inherited by Darrel?

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