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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 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) Monster truck rallies.
(d) Old movies.

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

3. Jasmine compares her injury to what marking on the holiest sages?
(a) A small cut.
(b) A third eye.
(c) A large bruise.
(d) A hole in her forehead.

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

5. After her outburst Jasmine's sisters leave and where does Jasmine go?
(a) To buy food.
(b) For a swim.
(c) To visit her best friend.
(d) For a walk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Bud in a hurry to marry Jasmine?

2. Where did Jasmine's family live before the Partition Riots?

3. Who goes early for the latrine hour?

4. Where does Bud first meet Jasmine?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Du feel about Jasmine's surprise from the mailman?

2. Although Jasmine and her husband did not have a child, how did Jasmine feel they had created life?

3. Why does Jasmine call Karin after Taylor and Duff arrive?

4. Why is Darrel Lutz planting his thousand acre family farm alone for the first time?

5. Jasmine talks about two chores, one she did at dawn and the other at dusk. What are they?

6. Why does Kate's home remind Jasmine of Lillian's tastes?

7. After leaving Darrel's home, why does Jasmine call Karin for help with Darrel?

8. What did the letters Masterji read to his students reveal about American farmers?

9. What does Lillian do to help Jasmine act like an American?

10. What is the "Ladies Hour?"

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