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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Pitaji?
(a) Jasmine's teacher.
(b) Jasmine's uncle.
(c) Jasmine's father.
(d) One of Jasmine's brothers.

2. Who said "There's no room in modern India for feudalism"?
(a) Jasmine's husband.
(b) Jasmine's teacher.
(c) Jasmine's brother.
(d) Jasmine's father.

3. How many Lions deliver the bomb that kill Prakash?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

4. The bomb that killed Prakash was inside of what?
(a) A car.
(b) A music box
(c) A radio.
(d) A bag.

5. What is the ship captain's name?
(a) Little Clyde.
(b) Taylor.
(c) Kingsland.
(d) Half-Face.

6. When Half-Face told the illegals he was smuggling and to hit the water if they hear three blasts of the whistle, what did Jasmine recall?
(a) The mad dog floating down the nullah.
(b) The smell of toilets in the Indian courtyards.
(c) The first time she took a shower.
(d) The stench of the dead dog from the river.

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

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

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

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

11. Who is a lotus blooming in cow dung?
(a) Jasmine.
(b) Mataji.
(c) Vilma.
(d) Dida.

12. What is the name of the boat Jasmine stows away on during the last leg of her journey?
(a) Still Floatin'.
(b) Hauled Over.
(c) Catchin' Dreams.
(d) The Gulf Shuttle.

13. Who hails Jasmine's brother as they leave the tea shop?
(a) The tea shop owner.
(b) The man who stumbled.
(c) The stooped waiter.
(d) A girlfriend.

14. Who had Jasmine helped with door-to-door sales?
(a) Vilma.
(b) Parminder.
(c) Wylie.
(d) Lettie.

15. What do best friends, Du and Scott, watch on TV with the rest of the Ripplemeyer family on Sunday?
(a) Calf roping competitions.
(b) Car racing.
(c) Old movies.
(d) Monster truck rallies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Darrel's father died when he choked on what?

2. What is Hari-prar's present from a customer whose car he fixed?

3. Where did Jasmine see a rabid man die?

4. Who is Jasmine disagreeing with in the beginning of the story?

5. Who would not help the women under attack?

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