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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Khalsa mean?

2. What type of plane is mentioned in the book?

3. During her fall Jasmine's forehead is cut by what?

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

5. How old was Jasmine when she married?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jasmine compare her identities to Dr. Mary Webb's reincarnations?

2. What are the names on Jasmine's two bank accounts mentioned in Chapter 2 and where is each account located?

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

4. How did Pitaji's view on how he would die differ from the actual event?

5. What surprises Jasmine about Duff when they first meet?

6. In Chapter 5, what experience does Jasmine recall, that clarifies what she does not want to become?

7. Jasmine calls Prakash a modern man. What are some examples of his modern outlook?

8. Why is Jasmine scared in the park with Duff and Taylor?

9. Why does Masterji come to visit Pitaji?

10. What happened to Jasmine and the Ugandan man?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain why Jasmine does not marry Bud. Discuss when and how she realizes why she won't marry him.

Essay Topic 2

Several men were in Jasmine's life. Choose three of her identities and, name each male significant to that identity and briefly describe his significance in her life at that time.

Essay Topic 3

Jasmine watches her son. In his actions and in some of the things he says, Jasmine thinks of Du as the kind of son she would have had with her husband. Why do Jasmine's thoughts go this way and what are some things that Du says and does to support her thoughts?

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