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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. Jasmine's family home is the only house on the lane with what?

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

3. Jasmine and Bud's adopted son is from where?

4. What does Khalsa mean?

5. Who is Mataji?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who are Taylor and Wylie?

5. In the story why does Jasmine hoard water and who are the other two people that hoard and why?

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

7. In the last chapter of the book, who arrives in strange car while Jasmine is looking out the window of the home she shares with Bud?

8. Who is Stuart?

9. What did Jasmine's mother mean when she warned Jasmine that a husband has layers like an onion?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Thoughts triggered by an encounter with a patient, while waiting at the hospital for her doctor, cause Jasmine to compare the woman's treatment of her with that of the Baden farmers and those professors and nannies she interacted with in New York. Briefly describe how the woman treated her when Jasmine brought a cup of water to her. Then explain what Jasmine recalled about how the farmers and the New Yorkers treated her differently. Which treatment did Jasmine seem to prefer?

Essay Topic 2

The hot dog vendor in the park frightens Jasmine into leaving Manhattan. Explain how Jasmine first encountered this man, and also what happened the last time she saw this man in India. Why is she frightened of him?

Essay Topic 3

Jasmine lived in an apartment building with Professorji and his family near other Indian families for five months in Flushing, New York. For Jasmine, how was this like living back in India as a widow? How was it different?

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