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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 type of plane is mentioned in the book?

2. Whom did Jasmine stay with at the hotel?

3. The bomb that killed Prakash was inside of what?

4. Whom did Prakash call a dangerous man in Jasmine's family courtyard?

5. Which one is the correct order of transportation for Jasmine's journey to America from India?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the great battle between Dida and Mataji?

2. Why does Masterji come to visit Pitaji?

3. What happened to Jasmine and the Ugandan man?

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

5. When does Jasmine realize that her son's sexual curiosity may have been awakened?

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

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

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

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

10. How are Jasmine's "differences" treated by the Baden farmers versus the people she encountered while living in New York?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Two suicides occur in this book (not referring to any bombings). For each character that committed suicide in America, give the name and explain why each committed suicide, including the events that occurred immediately preceding each death.

Essay Topic 2

Jasmine, Vilma and Mataji were all widowed. Compare and contrast the choices each made in her widowhood. How did their choices align or contradict their culture's views on widows.

Essay Topic 3

Prakash insists that Jasmine let go of her feudal traditional thinking and embrace being modern. Give specific examples of how and why he prods her in this direction even when she does not want it.

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